EMC CX500 User Manual

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EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700  Initialization Guide
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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
If the laptop uses a physical modem, configure the modem for the 
line characteristics of the SP, as shown in Table 1. 
Table 1
Modem Line Characteristics
The selected baud rate should be the highest speed at which the 
service laptop can reliably connect to the SPs.
What Next?
Depending on what operating system your service laptop is running, 
do one of the following:
For Windows 2000 systems - 
For Windows NT
®
 systems - Refer to the next two sections, Setting 
Line Characteristic
Setting
Data bits
8
Parity bits
None
Stop bits
1
Baud rate
115200 baud