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E-2 SANnet II 200 FC, SATA, and SATA SE Array Installation, Operation, and Service Manual • March 2005
Figure E-1 RAID Array COM Port Connected Locally to the Serial Port of a
Workstation
2. Power up the array.
It can take two or three minutes for both controllers to be initialized before
communication is possible over the connection.
3. Set the serial port parameters on the workstation.
See “Configuring a Host COM Port to Connect to a RAID Array” on page 4-26 for the
parameters to use.
E.2 Using the tip Command for Local Access to
the Array
You can access the RAID COM port (DB9 connector on the controller module) locally
with the following steps.
1. Connect the RAID array COM port to the serial port of a Solaris workstation, as shown
in Figure E-1. Use the tip command to access the array locally:
where n is the COM port identifier. For instance, if you have connected the array to the
COM port identified as
ttyb
, use this command:
2. Refresh your screen by holding down the Control key on your keyboard and pressing
the letter L key on your keyboard.
# tip -38400 /dev/ttyn
# tip -38400 /dev/ttyb
COM port
COM port