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SunFire V240 Server Question

irishmikeJan 14 2011 — edited Jan 25 2011
Greetings:

I am not sure this post belongs in this topic, however, I did not see a Sparc III discussion area ;-)

Recently, I purchased a SunFire V240 server and I am currently reading the Installl Manual and plan to put Solaris 9 on it. I was reading that the way to connect to it is via a TIP connection (which I am not familiar with) or a Serial Terminal. This is all well and good, but this is actually my first Sun server that I have ever built and so I have questions that I am sure squarely put me in the "Noob" category... even though I have been doing admin of Linux for over 10 years (and FreeBSD) and occasionally AIX and Solaris (back in 2000).

SO the question is: What is the best way to accomplish a serial connection from a modern iMac to the SunFire Server? I presume I will be needing a USB to Serial adapter that supports RS232. But can I do a null modem connection to get the job done? Does someone have some experience doing this?

I appreciate any help in this.

Thank-you

Mike Needham, UNIX Admin, Lawrence, Kansas

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