Chapter 2: Installation
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Set Up Telnet Connection
A Telnet connection allows you to access VTrak’s CLU over the network. This
allows RAID management over a greater distance from the VTrak itself.
This procedure is required for a Host PC that does not have an available RS-232
serial port.
The CLU screen looks and works exactly the same over a Telnet connection as it
does over a serial connection.
Enable Telnet on VTrak
Telnet is the means of using the CLU over a network connection. VTrak’s Telnet
service is disabled by default. Follow these instructions to enable Telnet.
Windows and Linux
1.
Connect the RS-232 cable between the Host PC and VTrak.
Refer to Step 7 on page 25 for the RS-232 settings and setup.
2.
Launch HyperTerminal or Minicom.
3.
In the CLU Main Menu, select Network Management > Telnet and choose
Enable/disable Telnet.
This action enables the Telnet support.
Mac OS X
Since the Macintosh has no RS-232 port, you will enable the Telnet service
through the network using a Telnet utility.
1.
Download the Promise Telnet utility for Mac, file name
telnetenable.bin
and
copy it to a convenient folder.
2.
Open a Terminal window.
3.
Change the file mode of
telnetenable.bin
to executable (example:
chmod
777 telnetenable
).
4.
Ping the VTrak box over the network to be sure it is connected (example:
ping 10.0.0.2
).
VTrak’s default Management port IP address is 10.0.0.2.
If the VTrak does not respond, take the necessary action to establish a
network connection.
5.
Launch the Telnet utility, and run
telnetenable
[IP address of the VTrak].
6.
When you see “Telnet port enabled”, run
telnet IP-address 2300
.
Use
./telnetenable IP-address
to enable the telnet port and
./telnetenable
IP-address 0
to disable it.
