Product guide

122 Configuration Software and Utilities
123MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
Console Conguration:
1. Boot the console into the OS.
2. Launch Hyperterminal by clicking on the “Start” button in the task bar.
3. Select “Programs>Accessories>Communications” and click on Hyperterminal.
4. At the Connection Description window, enter “guest” for the name and click “OK” to proceed.
5. At the Connect To window, select the COM port of the console that the Null modem is
connected. In this example, it is COM1.
6. At the COM1 Properties window, select “19200” for the Bits per second (Baud rate) box to
match what was congured via the SMU on the server.
7. Select “None” for the Flow Control to match what was congured in the BMC.
8. Leave the default settings for the other boxes. Click “OK” to accept the settings and enter the
Hyperterminal screen.
9. You will now see characters being displayed to the Hyperterminal screen. This is the PING
message sent by the BMC.
10. Press the <ESC> key followed by the “(“ key to enable Terminal Mode and end the PING
messages. “[TMODE OK]” is displayed.
11. Type “[SYS TMODE]”, it is case sensitive and must be in uppercase. The response back will be
“[OK TMODE]” indicating that Terminal Mode is functioning.
Logging Into the Terminal Mode Session
1. Remember that “guest” was the password that we set for the Anonymous User in the BMC.
2. At the Hyperterminal screen enter “[SYS PWD –N guest]” to login. The “-N” represents the
Anonymous User and “guest” is the password. These are case sensitive.
3. The screen returns “[SYS]” and “[OK]” to show a successful login.
4. At this point, you can type any supported Terminal mode command.
5. To logout type “[SYS PWD –X]”.
User Conguration
A user must be congured via the SMU to make full use of terminal mode. To create a user, navigate
to the SMU user conguration screen. Enter any username and password combinations desired.
Make sure to check the box that enables a particular user for use on the serial channel. If this is not
done, the username will not be useable on the serial channel for terminal mode. Congure the user
with the desired maximum privilege level.
Username and Password Restrictions
Spaces, left bracket characters or right bracket characters are not allowed in usernames or passwords
used with terminal mode.
Be sure to save the new user information when you are done editing the user settings!
Terminal Mode Conguration
Terminal mode has several conguration parameters that determine behavioral characteristics of the
terminal mode interactions with the remote console. They are outlined below and in the terminal
mode conguration parameters table. See the terminal mode conguration parameters table for the
BMC default settings of each parameter.