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M8201R Fibre Channel to SCSI Router Installation and User’s Guide—529971-005
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Setting Up Serial Port Communications
Setting Up Serial Port Communications
Leave the Fibre Channel to SCSI router turned off until you have set up the serial port
communications on your host computer unless serial I/O was previously established
and is currently running.
The Fibre Channel to SCSI router is designed to communicate with a terminal or any
operating system utilizing a terminal emulator. For example, Windows 9x, NT 4.0, or
2000 operating systems can use hyper terminal. Check that the baud rate, data bits,
stop bits, parity, and flow control are set correctly.
To set up serial communications with the Fibre Channel to SCSI router:
1. Leave power to the router turned off until you have set up the serial port
communications on your host terminal.
2. Plug the serial cable into one of the host computer’s serial ports (COM1 or COM2),
and then plug the other end of the serial cable into the router’s serial port.
3. Start the terminal emulator.
4. Set the terminal emulator to use the appropriate COM port.
5. Specify these settings for the port:
Note. Auto Detect or VT100 are the recommended settings for Windows Hyper Terminal
emulation type.
Baud rate: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200
(Autobaud recognizes only these baud rates.)
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Parity: None
Flow control: None or XON/XOFF
Note. Before initially powering on the Fibre Channel to SCSI router, check that all the
Fibre Channel and SCSI devices are powered on first and that they have finished
performing their self tests. This approach helps ensure that device discovery works
correctly.