Owners Manual

Table 31. Terminal emulator connection settings (continued)

Parameter Value

Data bits 8

Parity None

Stop bits 1

Flow control None

Your computer configuration determines which COM port is used for the Disk Array USB Port.

Verify the appropriate COM port for use with the CLI.

4. If necessary, press Enter to display login prompt.

a. Type the user name of a user with the manage role at the login prompt and press Enter.

b. Type the password for the user at the Password prompt and press Enter.

Topics:

• Mini-USB Device Connection

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 155.

Supported host applications

The following terminal emulator applications can be used to communicate with an ME4 Series controller module:

Table 32. 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.

154 Connecting to the CLI port using a serial cable