Appendix A: Connecting To The Cli; Micro-Usb Device Connection - Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Owner's Manual

You can access the CLI using a micro USB cable and terminal emulation software.
1. Connect a micro USB cable from a computer to the CLI port on controller module A .
2. Start a terminal emulator and configure the following display settings and the connection settings:
Table 29. Terminal emulator display settings
Parameter
Terminal emulation mode
Font
Translations
Columns
Table 30. Terminal emulator connection settings
Parameter
Connector
Baud rate
Data bits
Parity
Stop bits
Flow control
1
Your computer configuration determines which COM port is used for the Disk Array USB Port.
2
Verify the appropriate COM port for use with the CLI.
3. If necessary, press Enter to display login prompt.
a. Type the user name of a user with the manage role at the login prompt and press Enter.
b. Type the password for the user at the Password prompt and press Enter.
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Micro-USB device connection

Micro-USB device connection
The following sections describe the connection to the micro-USB port:
Emulated serial port
When a computer is connected to a controller module using a micro-USB cable, the controller presents an emulated serial port
to the computer. The name of the emulated serial port is displayed using a customer vendor ID and product ID. Serial port
configuration is unnecessary.
NOTE: Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation to enable proper functioning of the
USB CLI port. See also
134 Connecting to the CLI
Value
VT-100 or ANSI (for color support)
Terminal
None
80
Value
COM3 (for example)
115,200
8
None
1
None
Device driver/special operation
Connecting to the CLI
1,2
mode.
A