Owner's Manual

Configuring CMC to Use Command Line Consoles 63
Enabling the Front Panel to iKVM Connection
For information and instructions on using the iKVM front panel ports, see
"Enabling or Disabling the Front Panel" on page 387.
Configuring Terminal Emulation Software
Your CMC supports a serial text console from a management station running
one of the following types of terminal emulation software:
• Linux Minicom.
• Hilgraeve’s HyperTerminal Private Edition (version 6.3).
Perform the steps in the following subsections to configure the required type
of terminal software.
Configuring Linux Minicom
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. See the information in "Required
Minicom Settings" on page 64 to configure other versions of Minicom.
Configuring Minicom Version 2.0
NOTE: For best results, set the cfgSerialConsoleColumns property to match
the number of columns. Be aware that the prompt consumes two characters.
For example, for an 80-column terminal window:
racadm config –g cfgSerial –o
cfgSerialConsoleColumns 80
.
1 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 13.
2 At the Linux command prompt, type minicom -s .
3 Select Serial Port Setup and press <Enter>.
4 Press <a>, and then select the appropriate serial device (for example,
/dev/ttyS0 ).
5 Press <e>, and then set the Bps/Par/Bits option to 115200 8N1 .