Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC G.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From a Linux Server, 38400 8N1

d. If E is not correct, press the letter E and the cursor goes to line E. Backspace and change the line to:

38400 8N1

After you edit the line, press Return and the cursor goes back to the line Change

which Settings?

e.Set F to no. When pressing F, toggle from yes to no.

f.Set G to no. When pressing G, toggle from yes to no.

g.Press the Escape key to return to the configuration screen.

h.In the configuration menu, use the arrow keys to highlight Save setup as dfl and press Return.

A “configuration saved” confirmation message is displayed.

i.Highlight Exit from Minicom in the configuration menu, and press Return.

G.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From a Linux Server

After you have set the Minicom serial port parameters, use the Minicom utility to access the controller firmware with the following steps:

1.To start the Minicom program from the terminal window, type:

minicom

A pop-up window stating “Initializing Modem” is displayed. When initialization is complete, the following banner is displayed:

Welcome to Minicom 2.00.0

Options: History Buffer, F-Key Macros, Search History

Buffer, I18n

Compiled on Jun 23 2002, 16:14:20

Press “CTRL-A” Z for help on special keys.

2.Press Ctrl-lto connect to the array and access the firmware application.

3.In the main screen, choose Terminal (VT100 Mode) and view the Main Menu commands used to configure the array.

Appendix G Configuring a Linux Server G-3