CyberPower Remote Management System
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2. Local access to the command line interface
To log on via serial connection, the PC/server must be connected directly to the Universal port of the
RMCARD using the included RJ45/DB9 Serial Port Connection Cable, and perform the following steps.
Step 1. Open Hyper Terminal software (eg. PuTTY, HyperTerminal, or Tera Term) on your PC and select
a name and icon for the connection.
Step 2. Setup the COM port settings using the following values
*Bits per second: 9600
*Data bits: 8
*Parity: None
*Stop bits: 1
*Flow control: None
Step 3. Press Enter to enter the Authentication menu.
Step 4. Enter the user name and password of the RMCARD at the Authentication menu.
Note: Serial connection can only access Command Line Mode and cannot support Menu Mode.
How to use the Command Line Interface
While using the command line interface, you can also do the following:
1. To close the connection to the command line interface
Type “
exit
” and press Enter
2. To switch mode as Menu Mode
Type “
menumode
” and press Enter
3. To view a list of available commands or arguments
Type “
?
” (Eg.
date
?).
4. To view the command that was typed most recently in the session
Press the UP/DOWN arrow
key. (The session can remember up to ten previous commands.)
5. A command can support multiple options
To define the date as March 21, 2015 (Eg.
date yyyy
2015 mm 3 dd 21
)
Command Response Codes
When the command or arguments is not recognized or is incorrect, the console interface will display [
^
]
underneath the wrong command or argument. The following error message will be displayed:
Command not found
RMCARD doesn
’t know this command.
Console interface display the list of available commands.
Parameter Error
The parameter type or format is not allowed.
Console interface display the list of available value or format.
