Chapter 2: Service Menus
Connecting to the DXi6900-S Node
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a. Click inside the virtual console viewer window to enable keyboard input.
b. Enter
ServiceLogin
for the user name and then enter the service password. The service password
is set by the customer DXi Administrator.
8. After the command prompt, type the following command and press
<Enter>
.
sudo -i sh
This command creates a shell with root access.
Connecting to the System Node Using the Serial Port
Connecting to the serial port allows access to the root command prompt and the
Service Menu
.
To connect to the DXi6900-S using the serial port:
1. Using a 9-pin RS-232 null modem cable, connect the serial port on the service laptop to the serial port on
).
2. Using a terminal emulation program that supports SSH (like PuTTY), connect to the Node using the
following settings:
l
Baud rate
- 115200
l
Data bits
- 8
l
Parity
- none
l
Stop bits
- 1
l
Flow control
- none
l
Emulation
- ANSI
3. Enter
ServiceLogin
for the user name and then enter the service password. The service password is
set by the customer DXi Administrator.
The command prompt displays.
4. After the command prompt, type the following command and press
<Enter>
.
sudo -i sh
This command creates a shell with root access.
Connecting to the System Node Using Santricity
Santricity allows online monitoring and configuration management of the DXi6900-S storage system.
To connect to Santricity:
1. Connect to the DXi system using the iDRAC console (see
Connecting to the System Node Using the
2. After the command prompt, type
startx&
and press
<Enter>
.
