Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC service manual

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 HP 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 HP server, consult the hardware information for your HP host system to locate a serial port you can use for configuring the disk 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.

Once you have configured your serial port, follow the instructions in the next section.

I.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From an HP Server Running HP-UX

The RAID controller can be configured from the host system by means of terminal emulators such as cu or Kermit. These instructions show the use of Kermit. For information about cu, refer to cu(1).

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.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.

Note – A DB9-to-DB25 serial cable adapter is included in your package contents for connecting the serial cable to a DB25 serial port on your host if you do not have a DB9 serial port.

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