[parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[Zele Gabor]

Hi!

   We need assistance because we have the following server - a used
   one, but it is without any kind of documentation:

   a HP 9000 E45 server
   MDP MUX - what the hell it is exactly???
   a HP 700/96 terminal with serial and paralell port
   and a SCSI storage box...

   We think there is an operating system on the server, because it
   seems to boot, but we cannot connect the terminal properly, so we
   don't see anything. (Only a menu of the terminal in German language
   :(((( )

   How can we connect the terminal to the server or can we replace
   this terminal with a terminal emulator on PC?

   What does the bootp mean? We think it means that we can boot Linux over
   network with bootp/tftp?

   Thanx

        Gabor Zele

Re: [parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[Gyula Matics]

Szia,

>    a HP 9000 E45 server

oreg joszag. 7100LC 80Mhz, ha jol latom LASI van benne,
jo esely van arra, hogy mar a mostani kernel is tud
vele valamit kezdeni.

>    MDP MUX - what the hell it is exactly???

valoszinuleg egy olyan szerkezet, aminek az egyik vegen
soros portok, a masikon meg halozat van.

>    a HP 700/96 terminal with serial and paralell port

a leggyakrabban hasznalt sima soros terminal. A Data
feliratu portjat kell hasznalni (szeles soros port)

>    and a SCSI storage box...

ha az osszes szerkezethez tudsz mondani termekszamot, akkor
megmondom, hogy pontosan mik. A1234A formatumuak szoktak
lenni a szamok.

> We think there is an operating system on the server, because it
> seems to boot, but we cannot connect the terminal properly, so we
> don't see anything. (Only a menu of the terminal in German language
> :(((( )

a terminal nyelve ha jol emlekszem atallithato. nyomd meg a user/menu
gombot, aztan F8 es valahol arrafele.

A terminalt resetelni ugy tudod, hogy bekapcsolas kozben lenyomva
tartod D betut. Marmint a terminal bekapcsolasa kozben.

>    How can we connect the terminal to the server or can we replace
>    this terminal with a terminal emulator on PC?

96008N1, mukodnie kell tetszoleges terminal emulatorral.

>    What does the bootp mean? We think it means that we can boot Linux over
>    network with bootp/tftp?

az egyfajta boot protokoll es igen, a linux kernelt most legkonyebben
boot-vel tudod elinditani a szerveren.

udv,
Gyula

Re: [parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[Gyula Matics]

ah, sorry i didn't meant to pollute this list with
extra-terrestial text :0

Gyula

Re: [parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[Andrew Shugg]

Gyula Matics said:
> ah, sorry i didn't meant to pollute this list with
> extra-terrestial text :0
> 
> Gyula

I (for one) don't mind - something interesting to look at this fine dark
morning.  But perhaps you could supply a translation, as your responses
were no doubt useful for others on the list too?

Thanks,

Andrew.

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  "Oh, really?  I'd like to meet him ... I could do with a good laugh."
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Re: [parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[Gyula Matics]

> But perhaps you could supply a translation, as your responses

OK, here is your chance to learn Hungarian.

> Szia,

Hi,

> >    a HP 9000 E45 server
> oreg joszag. 7100LC 80Mhz, ha jol latom LASI van benne,
> jo esely van arra, hogy mar a mostani kernel is tud
> vele valamit kezdeni.

an old beast. 7100LC 80Mhz, and if i'm correct it has
LASI so there is a pretty good chance that the current
kernel can do something with it.

> >    MDP MUX - what the hell it is exactly???
> valoszinuleg egy olyan szerkezet, aminek az egyik vegen
> soros portok, a masikon meg halozat van.

it's a thing with serial lines on one end and probably
lan on the other.

> >    a HP 700/96 terminal with serial and paralell port
> a leggyakrabban hasznalt sima soros terminal. A Data
> feliratu portjat kell hasznalni (szeles soros port)

it's the most commonly used simple serial terminal. You
need to use the prot labelled 'Data' to connect to the
server.

> >    and a SCSI storage box...
> ha az osszes szerkezethez tudsz mondani termekszamot, akkor
> megmondom, hogy pontosan mik. A1234A formatumuak szoktak
> lenni a szamok.

if you can tell me the product numbers for all of your thing
then i can probably tell you what they are. The product numbers
are usually in the A1234A format.

> > We think there is an operating system on the server, because it
> > seems to boot, but we cannot connect the terminal properly, so we
> > don't see anything. (Only a menu of the terminal in German language
> > :(((( )
> a terminal nyelve ha jol emlekszem atallithato. nyomd meg a user/menu
> gombot, aztan F8 es valahol arrafele.

IIRC the language of the terminal can be changed. press the user/menu
button the F8, then whatever seems appropriate.

> A terminalt resetelni ugy tudod, hogy bekapcsolas kozben lenyomva
> tartod D betut. Marmint a terminal bekapcsolasa kozben.

you can reset the terminal by holding down D while turning on it.
I mean while turning on the terminal.

> >    How can we connect the terminal to the server or can we replace
> >    this terminal with a terminal emulator on PC?
> 96008N1, mukodnie kell tetszoleges terminal emulatorral.

it should work with any terminal emulator, the format is 9600N1

> >    What does the bootp mean? We think it means that we can boot Linux
over
> >    network with bootp/tftp?
> az egyfajta boot protokoll es igen, a linux kernelt most legkonyebben
> boot-vel tudod elinditani a szerveren.

that is a kind of boot protocoll and yes this is the easiest
way to boot the linux kernel currently.

Gyula