TTYA on SPARC T5-2

Hello,
Am working on Open Boot <OK> Prompt
Trying to load FCode program for my plug-in card through serial port.
Unfortunatly  SPARC-T5 machine does not have serial port(ttya) DB9, so i connected a USB-serial converter.
when I boot to <OK> prompt to execute some FCode programs through serial interface i see ttya is not enabled
{0} ok ttya io
ttya not found.
ttya not found.
My question is if we install specific usb-serial solaris driver will that fix this problem
Did anyone face similar kind of requirement.
Kindly do respond if you have worked on such requirement
Thanks
Ranga

Hi.
  You can not install any  drivers on OBP level.
  Only if you can write new FW for this servers.
And it's not clear what exactly you want do.
Regards.

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