Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC service manual Configuring a Microsoft Windows Server, Appendix F

APPENDIX F

Configuring a Microsoft Windows Server

This appendix provides platform-specific host installation and configuration information to use when you connect a FC, SATA, or SATA SE array to a host running the Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2003 Server, or Windows 2003 Advanced Server operating system. For convenience, these platforms will be referred to collectively in this document as “Windows Windows Server.”

The information in this appendix covers the following steps:

■“Setting Up the Serial Port Connection” on page F-1

■“Accessing the Firmware Application From a Microsoft Windows Server” on page F-4

■“Enabling a Microsoft Windows Server to Recognize New Devices and LUNs” on page F-4

■“Determining the Worldwide Name for Microsoft Windows Servers” on page F-8

F.1 Setting Up the Serial Port Connection

The RAID controller can be configured by means of a host system running a VT100 terminal emulation program such as HyperTerminal in Microsoft Windows.

Note – You can also monitor and configure a RAID array over an IP network using the RAID firmware or SANscape software after you assign an IP address to the array. For details, see “Setting Up Out-of-Band Management Over Ethernet” on page 4-28,and refer to the SANscape User’s Guide.

1.Use a null modem serial cable to connect the COM port of the RAID array to an unused serial port on your host system.

A null modem cable has serial signals swapped for connecting to a standard serial interface.

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