Product guide

120 Configuration Software and Utilities
121MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
Modem Connection Mode
Set the options on the modem connection mode to the desired states for your application. It is highly
recommended that you disable the ping message or else you will get serial ping message data from
the BMC displayed on your terminal screen.
Be sure to save the new serial channel conguration when you are done editing the serial channel
settings
Sample Setup for Terminal Mode
This is an example of how to congure the console/host and server for Terminal Mode. In this example,
the console is running under Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 with SP2. The console and server is directly
connected through the serial ports of both systems using a serial null modem cable:
Server Conguration:
1. Run the SMU to congure the BMC.
2. In the Navigation Pane of the SMU (located on the left side), click on the Serial/Modem option.
This takes you to the Serial/Modem conguration menu.
3. At the Connection Mode box, pull down the menu and select “Direct Connect Mode.”
4. Select “Always Available” for the Access Mode.
5. Select “Administrator” for the Privilege Level Limit.
6. Select “None” for Flow Control.
7. Leave the Enable Data Terminal Ready box unselected.
8. Select “19200” for the Baud Rate.
9. Click on the “Next” button to move to the next menu.
10. Click “Next” again to get to the Terminal Mode Conguration screen.
11. “Check” the Enable Terminal Mode box.
12. “Check” the Enable Line Editing box.
13. Select “Backspace” for the Delete Control.
14. “Check” the Turn BMC echo of received characters on box.
15. “Check” the Enable handshake when BMC ready to receive another message box.
16. Select the “CRLF” for the Newline output sequence (BMC to console) box.
17. Select the “CR” for the Newline input sequence (console to BMC) box.
18. Click “Save” to save your settings and “Ok” to return to the Home page of the SMU.
19. Click on the “User” option in the Navigation Pane to congure the user setup.
20. Select the “Anonymous User” box and click on the “Edit” button to congure this User.
21. In the Edit User Conguration screen, “check” the Enable User box.
22. In the Enter New Password box, enter your password. In this example the password is guest.
23. Enter the password again in the Verify New Password box.
24. Select “Administrator” for the User Privilege Level under the Serial/Modem Channel menu.
25. Click “OK” to exit out of this menu. Click “Save” to save the conguration.
26. Click “OK” at the User Save Result menu to return to the Home menu.
27. At the Home menu, click on the “Exit” option in the Navigation pane to exit SMU, click “OK” to
conrm the exit.
28. Reboot the server.