Linux operating system, Reset password – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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2 When HyperTerminal prompts for a name, type

MD3000

or

MD3000i

and

click OK. Select the COM1 port and click OK.

3 Set the following communication settings, click Apply, then click OK.

Bits per second:

115200

Data bits:

8

Parity:

none

Stop bits:

1

Flow control:

none

LINUX Operating System

The following instructions use the Linux application, MINICOM, to connect via
the serial port:

1 Open a terminal/command window.
2 At the prompt, type

minicom

(all lowercase) and press <Enter>.

3 Once MINICOM is open, press <Ctrl><A>, then <Z>, then the letter

<O> to open the configuration screen.

4 Select Serial Port Setup and press <Enter>.
5 Press <F> to change Hardware Flow Control setting to

no

.

6 Press <E> to set the Comm Parameters.
7 Press <I> to set the

speed

to

115200

.

8

P

ress <Q> to set the

data

,

parity

, and

stopbits

to

8-N-1

,

then press <Enter>.

9 Press <Enter> to exit the Comm Parameters screen.

10 Select Exit and press <Enter> again to exit the setup screen.

Reset Password

The procedure you should use to reset the password depends on whether your
RAID controller is running first-generation firmware (version 06.

xx.xx.xx) or

second-generation firmware (version 07.

xx.xx.xx).

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