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The Diamond-VT provides remote service operations over the RS-232 serial port using standard
terminal emulation software available with most systems.
The Diamond-VT supports service operations
over the RS-232 serial port using standard
terminal emulation software available with most
systems.
1
Connect a DB-9 null modem serial cable
between the port marked RS-232 on the front of
the Diamond-VT and one of the computer's
serial ports. A gender changer or DB-9 to DB-
25 converter may be needed depending on the
cables you are using. The cable must be no
longer than three meters.
2
Boot the computer used to manage the
Diamond-VT.
3
Start a terminal emulator program such as
Windows HyperTerminal. Set the emulator to
use the COM port with cable attached, then the
following settings
• 115200 baud
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• 8 bit ASCII
• no parity
• ASCII terminal type
• 1 stop bit
• flow control none
• echo typed characters locally
4
Turn on the Diamond-VT. Upon successful
power on and diagnostics, the unit should
display the POST (power on self test)
information found in Exhibit 4.0-1 on page 16.
5
You should now be in the Command Line
Interface mode. To see a list of available
commands, type help at the Ready prompt or
refer to this manual's Index.
6
Use the Command Line Interface to configure
the unit as a RAID Level 10 or RAID Level 5
array with zones and/or Hot Spare sleds as
described later in this manual.
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