User's Manual

Configuring CMC to Use Command Line Consoles 53
Perform the steps in the following subsections to configure your type of
terminal software. If you are using Microsoft Telnet, configuration is not
required.
Configuring Linux Minicom for Serial Console Emulation
Minicom is a serial port access utility for Linux. The following steps are valid
for configuring Minicom version 2.0. Other Minicom versions may differ
slightly but require the same basic settings. Use the information in "Required
Minicom Settings for Serial Console Emulation" on page 54 to configure
other versions of Minicom.
Configuring Minicom Version 2.0 for Serial Console Emulation
NOTE: To ensure that the text displays properly, Dell recommends that you use an
Xterm window to display the serial console instead of the default console provided
by the Linux installation.
1 To start a new Xterm session, type xterm & at the command prompt.
2 In the Xterm window, move your mouse arrow to the lower right-hand
corner of the window and resize the window to 80 x 25.
3 If you do not have a Minicom configuration file, go to the next step.
If you have a Minicom configuration file, type
minicom <Minicom
config file name>
and skip to step 17.
4 At the Xterm command prompt, type minicom -s .
5 Select Serial Port Setup and press <Enter>.
6 Press <a>, and then select the appropriate serial device (for example,
/dev/ttyS0 ).
7 Press <e>, and then set the Bps/Par/Bits option to 115200 8N1 .
8 Press <f>, and then set Hardware Flow Control to Yes and set Software
Flow Control
to No .
To exit the
Serial Port Setup menu, press <Enter>.
9 Select Modem and Dialing and press <Enter>.
10 In the Modem Dialing and Parameter Setup menu, press <Backspace>
to clear the
init , reset , connect , and hangup settings so that they are blank.
11 Press <Enter> to save each blank value.