Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC H.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From an IBM Server Running AIX

If you are planning to access your array over an IP network or through a terminal server and only want to connect through a serial port for the initial configuration of the array, it is not necessary to configure a serial port connection from your IBM host. For convenience, installers frequently perform the initial array configuration using a serial port on a portable computer.

If you want to use a Microsoft Windows portable computer for this initial array configuration, see “Setting Up the Serial Port Connection” on page F-1for Windows 2000 systems.

If you prefer to connect through a serial port on your IBM server, consult the hardware information for your IBM host system to locate a serial port you can use for configuring the array. The system documentation also tells you what device file to use to access that port. Then set the serial port parameters on the server. See “Configuring a Host COM Port to Connect to a RAID Array” on page 4-26for the parameters to use.

Note – The next section also shows how to use the Kermit utility to set these parameters.

H.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From an IBM Server Running AIX

The RAID controller can be configured from the host system by means of terminal emulators such as Kermit.

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

To access the controller firmware through the serial port, perform the following steps:

1.Connect the serial null modem cable to the disk array and to the serial port on the IBM server.

Note – A DB9-to-DB25 serial cable adapter is shipped with the disk array for connecting the serial cable to a DB25 serial port on your host if you do not have a DB9 serial port.

H-2SANnet II 200 FC, SATA, and SATA SE Array Installation, Operation, and Service Manual • March 2005