Skip to main content

Install a serial port module

Use this information to install a serial port module. Ensure that a riser card and riser bracket are available before installing the serial port module.

About this task

Attention

  • Read Installation guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  • Power off the server and disconnect all power cords for this task.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.

  • Read the Technical rules for PCIe adapters to ensure that you install the serial port module to a correct PCIe slot.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the component to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the component out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
  2. Use a 5 mm wrench to install the serial port cable into the bracket.
    1. Engage the connector to the bracket.
    2. Tighten two screws to ensure that the connector is securely installed to the bracket.
    Figure 1. Assembling the serial port module
    Assembling the serial port module

  3. Install the serial port module to the riser bracket.
    Figure 2. Installing the serial port module
    Installing the serial port module

  4. Install the riser assembly to the server.
    Figure 3. Installing the riser assembly
    Installing the riser assembly

  5. Connect the cable of the serial port module to the serial-port-module connector on the system board. For the location of the serial-port-module connector, refer to System board components.

After you finish

To enable the serial port module, do one of the following according to the installed operating system:

  • For Linux operating system:

    Open the ipmitool and enter the following command to disable the Serial over LAN (SOL) feature:

    -I lanplus -H IP -U USERID -P PASSW0RD sol deactivate

  • For Microsoft Windows operating system:

    1. Open the ipmitool and enter the following command to disable the SOL feature:

      -I lanplus -H IP -U USERID -P PASSW0RD sol deactivate

    2. Open Windows PowerShell and enter the following command to disable the Emergency Management Services (EMS) feature:

      Bcdedit /ems no

    3. Restart the server to ensure that the EMS setting takes effect.