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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 . 3 Once MINICOM is open, press , then , then the letter to open the configuration screen. 4 Select Serial Port Setup and press . 5 Press to change Hardware Flow Control setting to no. 6 Press to set the Comm Parameters. 7 Press to set the speed to 115200. 8 Press to set the data, parity, and stopbits to 8-N-1, then press . 9 Press to exit the Comm Parameters screen. 10 Select Exit and press 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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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
).