Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Conﬁguring a System

Adding Peripherals

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— An alternate method to test the terminal hardware is to swap the

suspect terminal with a known good one. This will help identify

problems within the terminal that are not caught by the terminal

selftest.

NOTE Be sure to swap only the terminal (along with its keyboard and

mouse). You want the known good terminal at the end of the

SAME cable that the suspect terminal was plugged into). Also,

plug the suspect terminal (with its keyboard and mouse) into the

same cable that the known good terminal was plugged into and

see if it functions there.

— If the known good terminal doesn’t function on the suspect

terminal’s cable, and the suspect terminal is working ﬁne in its

new location, you can be conﬁdent that the terminal itself is

functioning properly and the problem is elsewhere.

— The next thing7 to check is the cable connecting the terminal to

the computer. Swap the suspect cable with a known good one.

NOTE Since you know the terminal at the end of each cable is working,

you only have to swap the ends of the cables where they connect

to the computer. If the problem remains with the terminal it was

associated with prior to the cable swap, you probably have a

broken or miswired cable. If the problem transfers to the other

terminal (and the previously bad terminal/cable combination

works in its new location), then the problem is most likely with

your MUX, port, or interface card.