A little off topic, but I just wanted to address this:

" I know that some Sun servers crash when the console is disconnected".

Actually they don't crash, but the serial driver interprets the disconnect as a break signal, and drops into the prom monitor. If this happens, you can just type "c" and the system will continue where it left off. This isn't usally a problem unless it was in the prom monitor for an extended period of time. ( in which case tcp connections from other machines get dropped, etc)

On the newer machines, leaving the power selection in the "secure" position will keep this from happening at all.

== Kerry

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"Walsh, Warren (MN65)" warren.walsh@honeywell.com 10/10/01 09:41AM >>>

Hi all -

I need to move the serial console on my 530 and 740 filers. Basically, the console ports on the filers go to a pair of Wyse terminals. We need to move the Wyse terminals few feet, and that will require disconnecting and rerouting the serial cables. I've never disconnected the console while the filer is up and running. Will this crash the filer, or cause any problems? I know that some Sun servers crash when the console is disconnected, and I'd like to avoid that if at all possible.

Thanks in advance for your help,

-warren