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Laptop Settings to Access Monitor Mode

This appendix provides the settings you must use to access monitor mode using a laptop computer. These are different from those used by a Sun workstation.

To Access the Terminal Concentrator from a Laptop

1. Provide monitor mode connectivity into the terminal concentrator using a laptop computer running the Microsoft Windows 98 Operating System.

a. Attach a DB-9 to DB-25 female-female, customer-supplied adapter into the Serial COM1 port of the laptop computer.

b. Connect the RJ-45 end of the serial cable (Part no. 5121A) to Port 1 of the terminal concentrator; connect the other end to the DB-25 to DB-9
female-female adapter.

FIGURE A-1 Monitor Mode Connectivity Using a Laptop Computer

Figure showing how to connect a laptop to the cluster platform terminal concentrator.

2. Click Start ➤ Programs ➤ Accessories ➤ Communications ➤ HyperTerminal to open the HyperTerminal folder.

3. In the HyperTerminal folder, double-click the HyperTerm icon to display the Connection Description window.

4. In the Connection Description window, enter StandardConfig in the Name field, and click the icon that you want. Click OK to display the Connect To window.

5. In the Connect To window, select the Direct to Com1 option from the Connect using field. Click OK to open the Connect To window and to display the COM1 Properties window.

6. In the COM1 Properties window, select the following options:

Bits per second: 9600

Data bits: 8

Parity: None

Flow Control: None

7. Click OK to open the StandardConfig--HyperTerminal application window and to support monitor mode.

8. In the StandardConfig--HyperTerminal window, select File ➤ Properties to open the StandardConfig Properties window.

9. In the StandardConfig Properties window, click the Settings option, and select VT100 for the Emulation option.

At this point, the HyperTerminal window provides monitor mode access to the terminal concentrator.

Note - To set up the terminal concentrator, see Customizing the Terminal Concentrator.