Deployment Guide

Mini-USB Device Connection
The following sections describe the connection to the mini-USB port:
Emulated serial port
When a computer is connected to a controller module using a mini-USB serial cable, the controller presents an emulated serial port to the
computer. The name of the emulated serial port is displayed using a customer vendor ID and product ID. Serial port configuration is
unnecessary.
NOTE: Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation to enable proper functioning of
the USB CLI port. See also Device driver/special operation mode on page 101.
Supported host applications
The following terminal emulator applications can be used to communicate with an ME4 Series controller module:
Table 39. Supported terminal emulator applications
Application Operating system
PuTTY Microsoft Windows (all versions)
Minicom Linux (all versions)
Command-line interface
When the computer detects a connection to the emulated serial port, the controller awaits input of characters from the computer using
the command-line interface. To see the CLI prompt, you must press Enter.
NOTE:
Directly cabling to the mini-USB port is considered an out-of-band connection. The connection to the mini-USB
port is outside of the normal data paths to the controller enclosure.
Device driver/special operation mode
Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation. The following table displays the product and vendor
identification information that is required for certain operating systems:
USB identification code type
Code
USB Vendor ID 0x210c
USB Product ID 0xa4a7
Microsoft Windows drivers
Dell EMC provides an ME4 Series USB driver for use in Windows environments.
Obtaining the USB driver
NOTE:
If you are using Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016, the operating system provides a native USB serial driver
that supports the mini-USB port. However, if you are using an older version of Windows, you should download and
install the USB driver.
1. Go to Dell.com/support and search for ME4 Series USB driver.
2. Download the ME4 Series Storage Array USB Utility file from the Dell EMC support site.
3. Follow the instructions on the download page to install the ME4 Series USB driver.
Setting network port IP addresses using the CLI port and serial cable
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