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| Using the Remote Console |

### Configuring the Host for Using Remote Console With OpenBoot

To use OpenBoot with Remote Console, you must set the OpenBoot® environment variables `input-device` and `output-device` to appropriate values. The default value for these variables is `virtual-console`. This `virtual-console` value is the textual stream console that is sent to the ILOM SP. You can change the OpenBoot `input-device` and `output-device` settings so that the ILOM SP textual console displays only the Power-On Self-Test (POST) output, but not OpenBoot output, the `ok` prompt, or the Solaris boot output.

###### OpenBoot Remote Console Options

Environment Variable | Allowable Values | Conditions
--- | --- | ---
`input-device` | `virtual-console` `rkeyboard` | Remote Serial Console, or ILOM `ssh` Shell Remote Video Console, or local USB-attached keyboard.
`output-device` | `virtual-console` `rscreen` | Remote Serial Console, or ILOM `ssh` Shell Remote Video Console, or local VGA-attached monitor.

The Remote Console, by default, provides boot information culminating in a login prompt in the Remote Serial Console, and in a graphical login window in the Remote Video Console. What you see depends on what value has been set for `output-device`. The output sources that have to choose from are shown below.

###### Remote Console Data Sources

Data Source | Remote Console Access
--- | ---
Power-on self test (POST) | POST is always, and only, accessible through the Remote Serial Console.
OpenBoot PROM | Direct OpenBoot PROM output to either the Remote Serial Console or the Remote Video Console. The default is Remote Serial Console.
Solaris | Direct Solaris output to either the Remote Serial Console, or to the Remote Video Console.
| The Solaris graphical login window is always sent to the Remote Video Console output, no matter where you direct the boot progress output to be sent.

Note - If you change the value of the OpenBoot `output-device` to something other than the default value of `virtual-console`, you can not use the Remote Serial Console and the ILOM `ssh` shell to administer Solaris. If this happens, and you want to switch back to the default operation, you must reset both `input-device` and `output-device` to their default values. See Resetting the Variables to the Defaults Using ILOM.

| Caution - Be careful when setting OpenBoot input and output variables. If you set the variablesto devices that are not consistently available, for example, you will not be able to see output or type at the `ok` prompt when the devices are not available. In this case, you must reset the value of both variables to the default. See “Resetting the Variables to the Defaults Using ILOM” on page 47 for more information.

At the OpenBoot `ok` prompt or in Solaris, use one of the following procedures to change the input and output device settings.

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