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26Hardware installation and configuration

port is attached to another computer, such as a Windows-based computer, a program such as HyperTerminal can be used to establish a login session over the serial connection. COM1 is the only serial port supported for AS 5300 systems.

For more information about the serial port pinout for COM1, see Table 7 "COM 1 serial port pinout" (page 26).

Table 7

COM 1 serial port pinout

PIN number		Assignment
	Name		Description
1	DCD		Data Carrier Detect
2	RXD		Received Data
3	TXD		Transmitted Data
4	DTR		Data Terminal Ready
5	GRND		Common Ground
6	DSR		Data Set Ready
7	RTS		Request To Send
8	CTS		Clear To Send
9	RI		Ring Indicator

During the software platform installation procedure, you have the option of configuring the COM1 serial port (in Linux, this is referred to as ttyS0) for console login during system runtime. The configured serial port has the following characteristics:

•7-bit characters with even, odd, none, or space parity, and 8-bit characters with no parity are supported

•Only COM1 (ttyS0) is supported

•Terminal emulation is VT100

•The user has the option of configuring either a 9 600 or 19 200 baud rate

Connect a physical monitor or a KVM switch to the video port. This provides the physical KVM console. Nortel does not provide a KVM for use with this product.

Connect a USB keyboard, or a KVM switch, to one of the USB ports to provide a physical KVM console. A USB keyboard connected through a KVM switch can sometimes become unresponsive while switching consoles at the KVM keyboard. If this occurs, typing CTRL+Q toggles the flow control signals to restore keyboard communications with the server.

Application Server 5300

Nortel AS 5300 Installation

NN42040-300 01.04

4 November 2008

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