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Operating Systems AIX No VGA card and I need to know server IP Post 302899155 by Smiling Dragon on Sunday 27th of April 2014 06:12:25 PM

04-27-2014

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You can simply connect any serial terminal (or computer running serial terminal software - eg HyperTerm on windows or minicom on linux). Typical connection params would be 9600 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity (aka 8,1,n) but you may need to twiddle these a bit depending on how IBM run their serial comms.

Once you have a good connection, you should be presented with a login prompt.

Alternatively, connect the server up to your computer via a crossover network cable (ie no network switch) or through a hub. Ping 255.255.255.255 and look for responses. You may need to examine your arp cache table too, but that should show you the server's IP.

Thirdly, if the server is set to DHCP, trigger an address renewal on it (reboot should get the job done) and then find the recent few leases. Ping/port scan each one until you find your server.

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mdc

mdc(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual mdc(4)

Name
mdc - DS5100 serial line driver

Syntax
device mdc0 at ibus? vector mdcintr
device mdc1 at ibus? vector mdcintr
device mdc2 at ibus? vector mdcintr

Description
A DS5100 base system (mdc0) provides four asynchronous ports. An optional asynchronous card (mdc1 and mdc2 ) can be added to supply eight
additional ports.

The mdc ports are used as follows:

Port Usage Connector

0 Console port 6-pin MMJ on CPU board
1 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ on CPU board
2 Full modem control port 25-pin D-Sub on CPU board
3 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ on CPU board

An optional asynchronous board provides an additional eight lines:

4 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ
5 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ
6 Full modem control port 25-pin D-Sub
7 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ
8 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ
9 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ
10 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ
11 Local terminal 6-pin MMJ

The console baud rate is set to 9600 baud by default. You can change this by setting the baud environment variable from console prompt.
Each communication port from the serial line controller behaves as described in the reference page and can be set to run at any of 16
speeds. For the encoding, see

You can establish the state of port 2 (port 6) by specifying either modem or nomodem as part of the file entry.

Restrictions
The speed default is to 9600 baud on the console port. The console device must be set for 8-bit character length with one stop bit and no
parity. The driver enforces these restrictions; that is, changing speeds with the command may not always work on console ports.

Files
Console terminal

Full modem control or local terminal

See Also
console(4), devio(4), tty(4), ttys(5), MAKEDEV(8)

RISC mdc(4)