Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC - Manual (Page 188)

H-2 SANnet II 200 FC, SATA, and SATA SE Array Installation, Operation, and Service Manual • March 2005
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 IBM 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-1 for Windows
2000 systems.
If you prefer to connect through a serial port on your IBM server, consult the hardware
information for your IBM host system to locate a serial port you can use for
configuring the 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 4-26 for the parameters to use.
Note – The next section also shows how to use the Kermit utility to set these
parameters.
H.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From an
IBM Server Running AIX
The RAID controller can be configured from the host system by means of terminal
emulators such as Kermit.
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 4-28 and refer to the SANscape
User’s Guide.
To access the controller firmware through the serial port, perform the following steps:
1. Connect the serial null modem cable to the disk array and to the serial port on the IBM
server.
Note – A DB9-to-DB25 serial cable adapter is shipped with the disk array for
connecting the serial cable to a DB25 serial port on your host if you do not have a DB9
serial port.