topic How do we get display from KVM console in Integrity Servers

How do we get display from KVM console

Taifur — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:25:25 GMT

One of our server which model is HP 9000
model:rx6600.It's OS is HP-UX. When we connect KVM, we don't get any display from TFT monitor.I send some attached file. Pls help me about this regrdas as soon as possible.

The servers informatios are as follows:
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Server: RX6600

HP TFT7600

O/S: B.11.23

AB551A Graphics (Product) : ATI Radeon 7500 PCI graphics card

#
# ioscan -fun -C graphics
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=======================================================================
graphics 0 0/0/4/0 gvid_core CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (10025159)
graphics 1 0/1/1/0 gvid_core CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (10025157)

# cat /dev/gvid_info
/dev/gvid0
/dev/gvid1
#
# setmon -N /dev /gvid0
Using device file /dev/gvid

Device /dev/gvid is a ATI Radeon 7000

# setmon -N /dev /gvid1
Using device file /dev/gvid

Device /dev/gvid is a ATI Radeon 7000

# /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -p
Using device file /dev/gvid

Warning: No X server is running, will not be able
to confirm X server support for the timings

Timing index 0 is invalid
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Re: How do we get display from KVM console

Dennis Handly — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:06:56 GMT

>model is HP 9000

Minor point, you don't have a HP 9000. You have an Integrity server.

Re: How do we get display from KVM console

Matti_Kurkela — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:10:24 GMT

All HP-UX servers use a serial port as a console by default. From the HP-UX point-of-view, the integrated graphics card is just an optional extra which is not needed at all in normal operations.

Unix servers, HP-UX included, are designed to be operated remotely: local access is a special situation, to be used only with hardware maintenance or when the OS is seriously broken. The iLO subsystem allows you to use a web/ssh/telnet-based remote console even in these situations.

The integrated graphics card is included so that you can install and use Windows on your rx6600 server,if you wish. Current versions of Windows always require some sort of a local GUI display device.

You probably can make the graphics card somewhat useful on HP-UX by configuring an X server (using SAM), but its usefulness is quite limited: you cannot use the KVM for monitoring the HP-UX boot process, for example.

My recommendation: get an extra network cable for iLO, temporarily connect a laptop with a serial cable to the console interface of the server to configure the iLO network parameters, make sure the iLO works, and then forget the KVM entirely.

MK

Re: How do we get display from KVM console

YAQUB_1 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:05:23 GMT

Hi,

Can U send me below command output:-

# what /stand/vmunix | grep gvid

# swlist -l patch | grep "Xserver cumulative patch"

# cat /dev/gvid_info

# /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -N /dev/gvidx