EMC CX700 Initialization Guide - Page 5

Setting Up the Service Laptop Setting Up the Service Laptop The PPP-capable (Point-to-Point Protocol) service laptop can be any computer that satisfies the requirements described on the previous page. The service laptop COM port modem type must be set to Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable between 2 PCs. This is the most flexible modem type, and allows either a NULL modem cable or actual modem to connect to the laptop and SP. Physical Modem Table 1 If the laptop uses a physical modem, configure the modem for the line characteristics of the SP, as shown in Table 1. Modem Line Characteristics Line Characteristic Data bits Parity bits Stop bits Baud rate Setting 8 None 1 115200 baud What Next? The selected baud rate should be the highest speed at which the service laptop can reliably connect to the SPs. Depending on what operating system your service laptop is running, do one of the following: For Windows 2000 systems - Refer to Setting Up the Dial-Up PPP Support (Windows 2000 Environment) on page 6 and then, Setting Up Dial-Up Networking (Windows 2000 Environment) on page 7. For Windows NT® systems - Refer to the next two sections, Setting Up the Dial-Up PPP Support (Windows NT 4.0 Environment) on page 9 and then, Setting Up Dial-Up Networking (Windows NT 4.0 Environment) on page 10. EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Initialization Guide 5