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Console serial port configuration.

The ttya section is used to configure the first serial port (sometimes used as the console) on the SPARC virtual machine.  Using these options it is possible to attach the virtual serial port to a network socket or a physical serial port attached to the host.  The list below describes the options that can be configured:

• port – Virtual serial port specification.
• start_console – Start PuTTY at virtual machine boot.
• type – Virtual serial port type.

 

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port 

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port port

Virtual serial port specification.

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This option is a comma delimited list of host CPUs (or cores) that the virtual machine is to assign to virtual CPU threads.The virtual machine will assign affinity automatically if this option is not setdependent on the setting of the type option.  The table below describes the valid values for port-spec.

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Port Type Port Specification Description physical Path to physical device, e.g. /dev/ttyS0 The virtual serial port will be attached to a physical serial port attached to the host. socket TCP/IP socket number, e.g. 9000 The virtual serial port will be attached to a network port that can be connected to terminal

start_console 

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start_console start_console

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This option is enabled by default.  If PuTTY is not found, start up of the virtual machine will proceed with an error message logged in the virtual machine log.

type 

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type type

Virtual serial port type.

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Description

Use this option to reserve a specific number of host CPUs (or cores) for virtual machine I/O processing.

If both io_affinity and io_cpus are not set, the virtual machine will automatically reserve one third of the host CPUs (or cores) for I/O processingThis option configures how the serial console port will be connected.  The table below lists the possible values for port-type and their purpose.

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Port Type Description physical The virtual serial port will be connected to a physical, host-attached serial port. socket The virtual serial port is to be connected to a network socket. terminal

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For details of the port specification, see the port section.