The other day I was ripping at my hair because I could not figure out how to console into OpenSolaris on my X86 box at home. I had my serial connection connected correctly.... But, I just could not figure out what command to use to console into Solaris as I always used minicom for Linux.

After much searching I found the command tip, which is the Solaris command equivalent to Linux's minicom.  The command tip is actually quite easy to use, you just need to know some basics and modify your /etc/remote configuration file if you are running on a x86 system.

This script will find a MAC address on a Cisco IOS based switch.

Here's what you'll see when the switch is successful and unsuccessful finding the MAC address.

Notice it prompts you for your username and password. This script is integrated with the Expect Telnet script on this site.

kshort@LinuxStudent:~$ ./findMACaddress_final 10.10.12.1
Enter the MAC Address? 0013.72fb.3050
Username? kshort
Password?

-------------------Here Are the The Results of Your Search------------------

vlan   mac address     type    learn     age              ports
------+----------------+--------+-----+----------+--------------------------
Supervisor:
*   95  0013.72fb.3050   dynamic  Yes         65   Gi1/3

Whats up guys here is another quick and simple, yet necessary HowTo...  Since as most of you know, I come from a Linux background and mounting an ISO image under linux is as simple as .... Ok, follow the link HAHAHAHA http://www.linuxdynasty.org/how-to-mount-an-iso-image-under-linux.html.