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тАО07-10-2008 07:47 AM
тАО07-10-2008 07:47 AM
MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
I'm trying to connect to the MP console of a Integrity rx2620 server using the null-modem cable and connecting the other end to my laptop using a rs232-usb converter (I only have 2 usb ports in my laptop, and no serial ports).
The problem is that when I try to connect to the MP console serial port using HyperTerminal or Putty I can't access the MP Main Menu. I tried 2 different tests: using the remote-usb-console cable from my HP server at one end and the other end my rs232-usb converter into my laptop. The other test was putting a null-modem cable in the rs232-usb converter and connecting this cable into the remote-usb-console hp cable. When I run HyperTerminal or Putty and click "connect" I see nothing and can't write anything at HyperTerminal/Putty prompt. Isn't supposed to see the MP Main Menu right after I connect?
Here's my configuration:
port: COM5 or COM6 depending on the USB port I connect the null-modem cable/rs232-usb converter
emulation: vt100
bits per second: 9600
data bits: 8
parity: none
stop bits: 1
flow control: none
Can you give me any hints on what can be the problem? I need to configure the MP IP address so I can remotely access the MP, and I'm trying to configure it using the MP serial port.
Thanks in advance,
Miguel Rentes
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тАО07-10-2008 09:40 AM
тАО07-10-2008 09:40 AM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
The problem was never the server, but always the USB converter.
Hope this helps!
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тАО07-10-2008 11:09 AM
тАО07-10-2008 11:09 AM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
So, if I can't connect to MP using the crossover cable, the RS232 port, what else can I do?... I'm not sure that the RS232 cable (and the null-modem cable) are working properly, my RS232-usb converter has a light that flashes whenever there's communication and as far as I can see it is flashing when I try to connect it to the MP console port =) but I really need help to solve this problem.
Can anyone tell me if I'm supposed to see the MP Main Menu when I connect to the MP console port or do I have to give a command (at hyperterminal prompt after connecting the cables) to access it?
Just a small correction: my server is a rx2660 and not a rx2620 as I stated in my previous post.
All the help would be very appreciated.
Best regards,
Miguel Rentes
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тАО07-10-2008 11:23 AM
тАО07-10-2008 11:23 AM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
Do you have a DHCP server in your network?
The default MP LAN setting for this system is to use DHCP. The system name is mp+mac-address, e.g.
mp12345678
see the label for this value.
Hope this helps!
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тАО07-10-2008 01:33 PM
тАО07-10-2008 01:33 PM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
>I have no problems with *my* converter when >I'm using putty. I don't use hyperterm >because of many problems.
I used PuttY as well with no efect...
>Do you have a DHCP server in your network?
Yes.
>The default MP LAN setting for this system >is to use DHCP. The system name is mp+mac-address, e.g.
>mp12345678
I've also tried doing a telnet mp+MAC and I can't connect to the MP as well... can it be caused by a wrong configuration from the DHCP server?
Regards,
Miguel Rentes
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тАО07-10-2008 08:43 PM
тАО07-10-2008 08:43 PM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
Maybe.
I would try another USB converter.
IMHO some are not working as expected.
Hope this helps!
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тАО07-10-2008 10:23 PM
тАО07-10-2008 10:23 PM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
The power is connected and the server turned on?
Just connecting a power lead isn't enough.
I would try turning on the HW flow control. Sometimes the USB serial things ( Especially the cheep ones) don't work well to the console.
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тАО07-10-2008 10:28 PM
тАО07-10-2008 10:28 PM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
No. The MP is starting as soon as the power is plugged in. The power state of the server may be off. The MP is still working.
Hope this helps!
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тАО07-11-2008 02:04 AM
тАО07-11-2008 02:04 AM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
If I wanted to set the MP's IP address using a crossover cable, what is the best procedure to do it? Yesterday I tried to do a telnet 192.168.1.1 using a crossover but that didn't work because I got no packages from the ethernet board.
Can you help me on this one?
Best regards,
Miguel Rentes
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тАО07-11-2008 02:41 AM
тАО07-11-2008 02:41 AM
Re: MP console connection - Integrity rx2620 server
(localhost:2301) to see if you get the current setting from there. But if not already changed, it is DHCP - so a crossover cable only works if you have a DHCP server running on your PC.
Any other system with a serial port available?
Hope this helps!
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