cvcd — Virtual Console Daemon
Description
The cvcd daemon is a server process that resides on an Enterprise 10000 domain. cvcd accepts connections from netcon_server on a System Service Processor (SSP) to create a Network Console Window on that SSP. The Network Console Window is able to read data from, and possibly send data to, the domain. This process takes place by way of the SSP netcon command. See netcon_server(1M) and netcon(1M) in the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Reference Manual.
When you execute the netcon command in an SSP Window, netcon_server connects with the cvcd daemon running on the domain specified in the SSP's SUNW_HOSTNAME environment variable and the window becomes a Host Console Window.
The console session ends when you exit ...
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