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Universal serial bus ports, Usb cables and hubs – IBM 220 User Manual

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IBM® xSeries 220 User’s Reference

Configuration/Setup Utility program to change serial port address assignments to
prevent or resolve address conflicts.

Viewing or changing the serial-port assignments

To view or change the serial-port assignments, do the following:

1. Restart the server and watch the monitor screen.

2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1.

3. From the main menu, select Devices and I/O Ports; then, press Enter.

4. Select the serial port; then, use the arrow keys to advance through the available

settings.

5. Select Save Settings; then, select Exit Setup to exit from the Configuration/Setup

Utility main menu.

Serial-port connectors

The following table shows the pin-number assignments for the 9-pin, male D-shell
serial-port connectors on the rear of the server. These pin-number assignments
conform to the industry standard.

Universal Serial Bus ports

Your server has two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, which configure automatically.
USB is a serial interface standard for telephony and multimedia devices. It uses Plug
and Play technology to determine the type of device that is attached to the connector.

Notes:

1. If you attach a standard (non-USB) keyboard to the keyboard connector, the USB

ports and devices will be disabled during the power-on self-test (POST).

2. If you install a USB keyboard that has a mouse port, the USB keyboard emulates a

mouse, and you will not be able to disable the mouse settings in the
Configuration/Setup Utility program.

USB cables and hubs

You need a 4-pin cable to connect devices to USB 1 or USB 2. If you plan to attach
more than two USB devices, you must use a hub to connect the devices. The hub
provides multiple connectors for attaching additional external USB devices.

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

1

Data carrier detect

6

Data set ready

2

Receive data

7

Request to send

3

Transmit data

8

Clear to send

4

Data terminal ready

9

Ring indicator

5

Signal ground

Table 5. Serial-port connectors pin-number assignments

1

5

6

9