HP Ux installation in HP RP 3440

[prasanth.ps]

Advance help to evry body..

I have an installation in a customer place wheere they are having HP RP3440 server. Iwant to install the HPUX 11i V2 on this server.
I am not yet clarirfed by reading the manual which is came along with the server, How to configure the Console?

Pls send me a step to step idea regarding the configuration of the console.

My console will be a laptop .

In the manuaql its saying that serial port should not be used. Then how to connect to laptop for configuring the Terminal emulation software?

Again thanx to everybody.


rGDS,

prasanth

[Torsten.]

Hi,

I don't know what manual you are talking about, but you must connect your laptop to the "console" port on the black "W" cable.

There is only one console for this machine.

[Torsten.]

The "serial A / console" port is only active if there is no MP installed.

[Gurumanickam]

hi prasanth,

There should be a "W" cable came with a server, connect the W cable on the console of the server. There are three port in the W cable UPS, Remote, Serial, connect your labtop on serial port. Then set your emulation to vt100.

Regards

guru

[gigiz]

Hi ....
There are three port in the W cable UPS, Remote, Serial, connect your labtop on serial port .... (i hope that your laptop have a serial port otherwise, you need of usb adapter serial for laptop)

Your terminal emulatio can be crt or putty or hyper terminal ....

the configuration are:
Protocol .... Serial
Com ......... your comnumber of pc ex. com2
Baud rate ... 9600
data bits ... 8
parity ..... none
stop bits ... 1
flow control .. no flag

[prasanth.ps]

Thanx every Body,

I found the cable. But its having a 25 pin female connector and 9 pin male connector in either side.

How i will connect the malw connector to the COM port inthe laptop.

I Found one more cable which is having RJ45 Connector in one end and 9 PIN SERIIAL in other side. Is this i can connect to the iLO port of the server and the Laptop.

Pls Confirm..


Rgds,
Prasanth

[Torsten.]

" Found one more cable which is having RJ45 Connector in one end and 9 PIN SERIIAL in other side. Is this i can connect to the iLO port of the server and the Laptop."

This must be from another device (switch?).

Just use a null modem cable between the W cable and your laptop.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

rp3440 servers have a lan based console that can be configured by using the serial console.

There is a connector on the core I/O on the back of the server. It should have a black connector with three cables hanging off of it. One is marked console.

Connect your serial console or laptop to that, Immediately after connecting you should see the MP/GSP prompt.

From there you can run he and run through a setup program to configure the network console.

Then from the comfort of your own desk you can do your installation.

SEP

[Torsten.]

Alternative:

The MP is set to DHCP by default.
The name is mp, e.g.
mp12345678

If you have a DHCP server in your environment, try to connect the MP to the network and telnet to the MP.

[Ganesh Balraman]

Hi Prasanth,

The option is to use 9 pin with Lan connector.

By default there will be factory username/passwd for ILO access.Since it is new installtion you can log a call with HP paralely.

regds
Ganesh.B

[HGN]

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Rgds

HGN

[Bill Hassell]

There is something wrong with the manual you have or the sentence has more words in it such as "do not use the UPS or the remote connector as your serial console". Out of the box, your rp3440 has no address associated with the LAN-console so don't bother trying to use that. You would need a special serial crossover LAN cable anyway. You do not have the correct bale. Put all the cables away that do not have 9pin female connector on both ends. Then see if what you have left is a cable marked as a "printer" or "null modem" or "crossover" cable. If not, you cannot connect your laptop. Go to the PC store and purchase a 9pin-to-9pin female-female printer cable. Then use hyperterminal set to 9600 8n1 settings and connect to the rp3440 using the W cable and the connector marked "console".