HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2009 (Update 4 Release)

Using the conconfig Command to Select the Primary HP-UX Console
1. Enter conconfig at the command line. You may see output similar to the
following:
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 NC VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)
2. Decide which console you want to use.
Depending on your system configuration, HP-UX can use one of the following
devices as your system console:
• System Serial Port (if present)
• iLO (MP) Serial Port
• VGA device (MP/iLO)
3. Use the conconfig command to select your primary console. For example, to
select “system serial port” as your primary console, enter the following at the
command line:
Shell> conconfig 1 primary
4. Next, use the conconfig to deselect all other consoles so that only one console
is marked P and all others are marked NC. For example, if your conconfig output
looks like the following:
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 S VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)
Enter:
Shell> conconfig 2 off
Now your conconfig output should look like this:
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 NC VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)
Note that the unwanted VGA device in line 2 has the status of NC and the primary
console in line 1 has the status of P.
5. Reboot your system.
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