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Linux operating system, Reset password – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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2 When HyperTerminal prompts for a name, type

MD3000

or

MD3000i

and

click OK. Select the COM1 port and click OK.

3 Set the following communication settings, click Apply, then click OK.

Bits per second:

115200

Data bits:

8

Parity:

none

Stop bits:

1

Flow control:

none

LINUX Operating System

The following instructions use the Linux application, MINICOM, to connect via
the serial port:

1 Open a terminal/command window.
2 At the prompt, type

minicom

(all lowercase) and press .

3 Once MINICOM is open, press , then , then the letter

to open the configuration screen.

4 Select Serial Port Setup and press .
5 Press to change Hardware Flow Control setting to

no

.

6 Press to set the Comm Parameters.
7 Press to set the

speed

to

115200

.

8

P

ress to set the

data

,

parity

, and

stopbits

to

8-N-1

,

then press .

9 Press to exit the Comm Parameters screen.

10 Select Exit and press again to exit the setup screen.

Reset Password

The procedure you should use to reset the password depends on whether your
RAID controller is running first-generation firmware (version 06.

xx.xx.xx) or

second-generation firmware (version 07.

xx.xx.xx).

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