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Sun E420R No GRaphic Card

I have a Sun Sparc 420R Machine, But  I don't have a Graphic Card in it, I have two serial ports in it, How will I connect my Vga monitor and Keyboard. I don't know the IPaddress. or hostname. I have a APC KVM Switch. I don't have the serial Cable from the machine to the KVM Switch. Which type of Cable should I use to get this working


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If you don't have a graphic card, you have to set up a serail connection, to a PC, Laptop or another Sun box, please read the following doc to set it up:

http://www.softpanorama.org/Solaris/Startup_and_shutdown/serial_console_on_solaris.shtml
http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/serial/