Terminal Connection to PowerServer 320

[dgmans]

I have a PowerServer 320 (RS 6000 based, I believe) that I picked up from a client who was throwing it away but no terminal for it. The unit appears to boot ok and I have a CD set for AIX 4.3.2. On back it has PS/2 style mouse, keyboard, and tablet ports. Also, 2 rectangular 10-pin serial ports. Is it possible to connect one of these serial ports to a PC serial port and access the unit via Hyperterminal (or other terminal emulator)? How can I gain access to this unit?

 

[dgmans]

OK, so I did some research and answered my own question thanks to a great FAQ found here:

http://faqs.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/ibm-rt-faq/hardware

. I am now connected via the S1 serial port to my PC serial 1 port using HyperTerm with vt100 emulation. I booted up in Service mode and was able to move around in HyperTerm and run some diagnostics. The problem I have now is that when I boot in Normal mode, the system becomes unresponsive after starting the rpc services. There are no error codes displayed on the front panel and the harddrive appears to no longer be active. Are there more services to start or is it waiting for a response from the console? Any help would be appreciated. Following is a transcript of everything displayed on the console (S1) port (FYI- I have nothing connected to the mouse, keyboard, or tablet PS/2 ports):

Saving Base Customize Data to boot disk
Starting the sync daemon
Starting the error daemon
A device that was previously detected could not be found.
To cleanup the system configuration, run diag -a.
System initialization completed.
Starting Multi-user Initialization
Performing auto-varyon of Volume Groups
Activating all paging spaces
swapon: Paging device /dev/hd6 activated.
/dev/rhd1 (/home): ** Unmounted cleanly - Check suppressed
Performing all automatic mounts
Multi-user initialization completed
Checking for srcmstr active...complete
Starting tcpip daemons:
0513-059 The syslogd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4108.
0513-059 The sendmail Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 1295.
0513-059 The portmap Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4372.
0513-059 The inetd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4631.
0513-059 The snmpd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4890.
starting nfs services:
0513-059 The biod Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 5669.
0513-059 The nfsd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 7215.
0513-059 The rpc.mountd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 9272.
0513-059 The rpc.statd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 9530.
0513-059 The rpc.lockd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 9788.