Specifications

System Console Requirements
Communications Line Planning 4-3
System Console Requirements
For newly shipped systems, you must provide a PC to be the system console. The PC
must have:
 The Microsoft
®
Windows
®
7, Windows
®
XP, or Windows Vista
®
operating system
freshly installed.
 A serial port or USB-to-serial port converter.
 TinyTerm terminal emulation software installed. Stratus provides this terminal
emulation software.
A serial cable provided with your system connects the PC console to the ftServer
module’s COM2 port to provide OpenVOS module console capabilities. A provide
Ethernet cable connects the PC console to a U772 24-Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch to
provide web management for an optional ftScalable Storage array. Optionally, you can
provide your own Ethernet cable if the provided 6 foot (1.8m) Ethernet cable is not long
enough for your site.
See the OpenVOS System Administration: Configuring a System (R287) manual for
information about how to configure the emulation software on the PC console.
Planning for Communications and Data Cables
Make sure that you plan the locations of your system and its external components so
that all communications and data cables will reach their connection points. The cables
you need to consider vary depending on your system’s configuration:
 ‘‘Configurations With No U772 or U773 Switches’’ on page 4-3
 ‘‘Configurations That Include U772 and U773 Switches’’ on page 4-4
 ‘‘For All Configurations’’ on page 4-4
Configurations With No U772 or U773 Switches
For ftServer systems that do not include U772 Ethernet and U773 fibre channel
switches, you will need to consider the following cables:
 Ethernet cables to connect:
– RSN console server to host (or to network I/O enclosure if one is present)
– Host to network I/O enclosure (if network I/O enclosure is present)
– UPS units to host (or to network I/O enclosure if one is present)
 Serial cables to connect:
– PC system console to host