Using The Serial Configuration Menus - IBM Network Management Card User Manual

Using the serial configuration menus

This section describes the serial communication cable and the serial configuration
menus that you can use to configure the network management card.
Serial cable pinout
The following illustration shows the serial communication cable and pinout.
Serial configuration menus
To access the serial configuration menus, complete the following steps. For more
detailed information, see Chapter 2, "Installing and configuring the network
management card," on page 5.
1. Connect the RJ-45 end of the serial communication cable (which comes with
2. Connect the other end of the serial communication cable to the serial (COM)
3. Start a terminal emulation program, such as HyperTerminal. Select the following
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the network management card) to the settings/sensor connector on the network
management card.
connector on a computer.
settings and click OK:
v Bits per second: 9600
v Data bits: 8
v Stop bits: 1
v Parity: None
v Flow control: None
v Locally reproduce the characters entered option: Disabled