Cabling The Server And Setting Up The Console; Cabling The Server With An Ascii Terminal - IBM PowerLinux 7R2 Installing

Cabling the server and setting up the console

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Note: If you ordered your system or expansion unit preinstalled into a rack, you must remove the
shipping bracket that is on the left side of the rear of the system or expansion unit before you cable it.
Choose one of the consoles, interfaces, or terminals in the following table.
Table 1. Available console types
Console type Operating system
ASCII terminal Linux or VIOS
Hardware Linux or VIOS
Management Console
Integrated Linux
Virtualization
Manager for VIOS
Keyboard, video, and Linux or VIOS
mouse (KVM)

Cabling the server with an ASCII terminal

If you are not creating logical partitions, you can use an ASCII terminal to manage a server that is
running the Linux or the VIOS operating system. From the ASCII terminal, you can access the Advanced
System Management Interface (ASMI) to perform additional installation tasks.
The ASCII terminal is connected to the server through a serial link. The ASCII interface to the ASMI
provides a subset of the web interface functions. The ASCII terminal for the ASMI interface is available
only when the system is in the standby state. It is not available during the initial program load (IPL) or
run time.
Note: If you are using a serial connection to the ASMI terminal, you must use a conversion cable. This
cable (part number 46K5108) is used to convert the ASCII terminal nine–pin Dshell connector to an RJ45
serial port connector on the system. For more information about the locations of the connectors on the
system, see 8246-L2D and 8246-L2T locations (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/
hw/topic/p7ecsl/p7ecslocations_8231e1c.htm).
To cable an ASCII terminal to the server, complete the following steps:
1. Using a serial cable that is equipped with a null modem, connect the ASCII terminal to system
connector 1 (S1, which is the default) or 2 (S2) on the rear of the server.
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Logical partitions Cable required
Yes for VIOS, no for Serial cable equipped
Linux with a null modem
Yes Ethernet (or
cross-over cable)
Yes Serial cable
Yes Monitor and USB
cables equipped with
KVM
Cabling and setup
instructions
"Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal"
"Cabling the server to
the Hardware
Management
Console" on page 16
"Cabling the server
and accessing the
Integrated
Virtualization
Manager" on page 17
"Cabling the server
with keyboard, video,
and mouse" on page
18
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