GS80 SMC Console CDE

[Romualdo Carlet]

Anybody know how to configure a Common Desktop Environment (CDE) on the GS80's System Management Console (SMC) using Excursion. GS80 has only 1 monolithic partition running Tru64 Unix and customer wants to boot into a CDE. GS80 doesn't have a graphics card so it needs to be emulated.

[Mark Poeschl_2]

Not sure this is possible. Without a graphics card your the console variable 'console' has to be set to 'serial'

Try this command to verify:

# consvar -g console

I believe this prevents any graphics access to the console.

You can of course start remote CDE sessions via the network once the system is all the way up, but it sounds like your customer wants access to the GS80's console session.

[Pieter 't Hart]

from : ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/alphaserver/firmware/other/server_mgmt_console/releasenotes32.pdf

your question seems not solvable!

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The AlphaServer GS series system management console (SMC) provides the access point for managing system
console functions such as power-up, diagnostics, system partitioning, and console display and logging. For
systems with multiple console lines, such as partitioned systems or those with a backup console line, a terminal
server is used to concentrate the multiple console lines and present them to the system management console so
the operator can manage all partitions from a single point.
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So : the SMC is basically a PC with some software that interfaces with multiple serial lines.

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eXcursion language support had been expanded to include Hebrew, German, and French. Several font files are
installed on the SMC system by the V3.2 installation.
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Is not clear to me if eXcursion can be started or the SMC itself to access the GS80 host when booted, or is used to make the SMC manageable by an X-windows workstation (PC or something).

A normal CDE console seems not possible.