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Install the serial port module

Use this information to install 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.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the system fan to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the system fan 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.
    Figure 1. Serial port module installation
    Install the serial port module.

  3. Remove the needed riser bracket from the system board. See Remove a riser assembly.
  4. Install the serial port assembly to the riser bracket.
  5. Install the riser assembly back to the server. See Install a PCIe adapter and riser assembly.
  6. 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.
After installing the serial port module, do one of the following to enable it 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.