Kontron AM4220 - Manual (Page 31)

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3.3 Software
The AM4220 comes as a pre-installed system with all necessary OS, Filesystem, drivers and applications
factory-installed with default configurations.
Updating the Software with new Operating System or applications or new versions is provided by a dedicated
update mechanism, which is described in “Firmware Administration”.
3.4 System access
This section gives instructions for accessing the AM4220 using either
• Serial port via front plate connector
• Serial port over an appropriate ATCA carrier board and RTM
• Telnet over Ethernet using the front plate SFP+ connector or AMC port 0
• SoL (Serial over LAN)
3.4.1 Front port serial connection
The Octeon processor’s serial console can be accessed directly via the front port connector with the
appropriate cabling. The corresponding procedure is described in the following.
1 Connect to serial port on AM4220 front plate using the RS232 adapter, see “RS232 Management
Interface”.
Port settings are:
• 115200 bps
• 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1)
• no flow control
2 Ensure that the boards are powered up.
3 Wait for boot process to complete. Login is not required by default:
BusyBox v1.2.1 (2008.09.15-08:10+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
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