Solaris 10 - Netra 240 - Trying to get to ok prompt

Question

Using system console access to Solaris 10 on a Netra 240 and pressing Ctrl+Pause on my keyboard gives me the following:

SC Alert: SC Request to send Break to host.

No ok prompt appears however, just a blinking cursor.

I'm using Secure CRT as the terminal emulation program.

Has anyone run into this issue before?

Is that really all the info you can provide? Doesn't seem like nearly enough to give a good analysis of the problem. — HopelessN00b, Oct 7, 2012 at 18:40

mghocke · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 16:53:38Z

Here are a few ideas you can play around with:

Is your server entirely headless and the only console access you have is through the serial connection? If not, check the OpenPROM settings and make sure that output-device and input-device are set correctly. See eeprom(1M).
Did you enable the alternative break sequence? Instead of sending a break signal over the serial line try "Return Tilde Crtl-B". See kbd(1).
Are you able to access the ALOM through the console connection with #.? If so, see if the break command works from the sc prompt.

Those are the three things I'd look into first. Let us know how it works out.

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