Using the Service Access Facility
You can set up terminals and modems with the Solaris Management Console's Serial
Ports tool or the SAF commands.
The SAF is a tool that is used to administer terminals, modems, and
other network devices. The top-level SAF program is the Service Access Controller (SAC).
The SAC controls port monitors that you administer through the sacadm command. Each
port monitor can manage one or more ports.
You administer the services associated with ports through the pmadm command. While
services provided through the SAC can differ from network to network, the SAC
and its administrative commands, sacadm and pmadm, are network independent.
The following table describes the SAF control hierarchy. The sacadm command is
used to administer the SAC, which controls the ttymon and listen port
monitors.
The services of ttymon and listen are in turn controlled by the pmadm command.
One instance of ttymon can service multiple ports. One instance of listen can
provide multiple services on a network interface.
Table 3-1 SAF Control Hierarchy
Function |
Program |
Description |
|---|
Overall administration |
sacadm |
Command for adding and removing
port monitors |
Service Access Controller |
sac |
SAF's master program |
Port monitors |
ttymon listen |
Monitors serial port login requests Monitors
requests for network services |
Port monitor service administrator |
pmadm |
Command for controlling port monitors services |
Services |
logins,
remote procedure calls |
Services to which the SAF provides access |
Console administration |
console login |
Console services
are managed by the SMF service, svc:/system/console-login:default. This service invokes the ttymon
port monitor. Do not use the pmadm or the sacadm command to manage the
console. For more information, see ttymon and the Console Port, How to Set the ttymon Console Terminal Type, and How to Set the Baud Rate Speed on the ttymon Console Terminal. |
