Installation Guide, Fifth Edition - HP 9000 rp8420 Server

Chapter 2

Installation

Cabling and Power Up

Local console port—A local serial port for connection to a terminal. The port is located at the bottom of the

core I/O card when the card is installed in the server chassis.

Internal connections for the core I/O board include the following:

• Three single-ended (SE) internal SCSI buses for internal devices. These buses are routed to the system

board where they are cabled to a mass storage backplane.

Setting Up the CE Tool (PC)

The CE Tool is usually a laptop. It allows communication with the MP in the server. The MP monitors the

activity of either a one-partition or a multiple-partition configuration.

During installation, communicating with the MP enables such tasks as:

• Verifying that the components are present and installed correctly

• Setting LAN IP addresses

• Shutting down cell board power

Communication with the MP is established by connecting the CE Tool to the local RS-232 port on the core I/O

card.

Setting CE Tool Parameters

After powering on the CE Tool, ensure the communications settings are as follows:

• 8/none (parity)

• 9600 baud

• None (receive)

•None (transmit)