Power On N Series - IBM N series Hardware Manual

To connect an ASCII terminal console to the N series system, complete the following steps:
1. Set the communications parameters of your system that are shown in Table A-2. For
example, you can use hyperterminal or PuTTY for Windows users and for Linux users you
can use a terminal program, such as minicom.
Table A-2 Communication parameters
Parameter
Baud
Data bit
Parity
Stop bits
Flow control
Tip: See your terminal documentation for information about changing your ASCII
console terminal settings.
2. Connect the DB-9 null modem cable to the DB-9 to RJ-45 adapter cable.
3. Connect the RJ-45 end to the console port on the N series system and the other end to
the ASCII terminal.
4. Connect to the ASCII terminal console.

Power on N series

After you connect all power cords to the power sources, complete the following steps:
1. Sequentially power on the N series systems by completing the following steps:
a. Turn on the power to the expansion units only. Ensure that you turn them on within 5
minutes of each other.
b. Turn on the N series storage systems.
2. Initialize Data ONTAP. This step provides information if you want to format all disks on a
filer and reinstall Data ONTAP. This step can also be used to troubleshoot when a newly
purchased storage system cannot find a root volume (vol0) when trying to boot.
Otherwise, you can skip this step and continue to step 3.
Attention: This procedure removes all data from all disks.
a. Turn on the system.
b. The system begins to boot. At the storage system prompt, enter the following
command:
halt
Setting
9600
8
None
1
None
Appendix A. Getting started
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