Configuring a system port for call options

Configure a system port for use with the call-home and call-in options.

You can configure a system port used with the call-home and call-in features. You can also set the baud rate for a system port.

Note: Each system port is disabled when a Hardware Management Console (HMC) is attached to the server and the server is booted beyond the service processor standby state. Therefore, these menus are not present if the system is managed by an HMC or if the system has no ports.

To perform this operation, you must have one of the following authority levels:

Administrator
Authorized service provider

Note: This task is not available on the 9080-MHE, 9080-MME, 9119-MHE, and 9119-MME systems.

To configure a system port, complete the following steps:

In the navigation area, expand System Service Aids and click Serial Port Setup. Once section is displayed. The section is labeled S1, which is the system port that is used with the call-home feature.
Modify the appropriate fields in the S1 section.
Baud rate

Select the baud rate for this system port. If a terminal is attached to this port, the settings must match. The speeds available are 50, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200 bps.

Character size

Select the character size for this system port. If a terminal is attached to this port, the settings must match.

Stop bits

Select the number of stop bits for this system port. If a terminal is attached to this port, the settings must match.

Parity

Select the parity for this system port. If a terminal is attached to this port, the settings must match.
Click Save settings to save the setting changes.

Last updated: Tue, September 18, 2018