Dell PowerEdge 2450 Microprocessor Upgrade Installation Guide (.pdf) - Page 5

Configuring the Terminal Settings, Terminal Setup - servers

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4. From the Connect to pull-down menu, select a COM port available on your Dell™ client system and click OK. If no COM port is available and you do not have a Dell system, you will need to contact technical support for your client system. After you have selected an available COM port, the COM port properties window is displayed. 5. Select Bits per second. Console redirection supports 9600, 19.2K, 57.6K, or 115.2K bps. 6. Set Data bits to 8. 7. Set Parity to None. 8. Set Stop bits to 1. 9. Set Flow control to Hardware. 10. Click OK. Configuring the Terminal Settings After you configure the ports, configure the terminal settings by performing the following steps: 1. In HyperTerminal, click File, click Properties, and select the Settings tab. 2. Make sure that the Function, arrow, and ctrl keys act as field is set to Terminal Keys. 3. Make sure that the Backspace key sends field is set to Ctrl+H. 4. Change the Emulation setting from Auto detect to ANSI or VT100/220. This setting should be the same as the setting you selected for the Console Redirection field on the server. When you click Terminal Setup, you should see a setting for the number of rows and columns. 5. Change the number of rows from 24 to 25 and leave the number of columns at 80. If you do not have these settings, this is an indication that you must upgrade your terminal emulation software. support.dell.com Console Redirection 3

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Console Redirection
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4.
From the
Connect to
pull-down menu, select a COM port available on your Dell
client system and click
OK
.
If no COM port is available and you do not have a Dell system, you will need to
contact technical support for your client system.
After you have selected an available COM port, the COM port properties window
is displayed.
5.
Select
Bits per second
.
Console redirection supports 9600, 19.2K, 57.6K, or 115.2K bps.
6.
Set
Data bits
to
8
.
7.
Set
Parity
to
None
.
8.
Set
Stop bits
to
1
.
9.
Set
Flow control
to
Hardware
.
10. Click
OK
.
Configuring the Terminal Settings
After you configure the ports, configure the terminal settings by performing the fol-
lowing steps:
1.
In HyperTerminal, click
File
, click
Properties
, and select the
Settings
tab.
2.
Make sure that the
Function, arrow, and ctrl keys act as
field is set to
Terminal
Keys
.
3.
Make sure that the
Backspace key sends
field is set to
Ctrl+H
.
4.
Change the
Emulation
setting from
Auto detect
to
ANSI
or
VT100/220.
This setting should be the same as the setting you selected for the
Console
Redirection
field on the server.
When you click
Terminal Setup
, you should see a setting for the number of rows
and columns.
5.
Change the number of rows from 24 to 25 and leave the number of columns at
80. If you do not have these settings, this is an indication that you must upgrade
your terminal emulation software.