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Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide

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Mini-USB Device Connection

The following sections describe the connection to the mini-USB port:

Emulated serial port

When a computer is connected to a controller module using a mini-USB serial cable, the controller presents an emulated serial port to the computer. The name of the emulated serial port is displayed using a customer vendor ID and product ID. Serial port configuration is unnecessary.

NOTE:Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation to enable proper functioning of the USB CLI port. See also Device driver/special operation mode.

Supported host applications

The following terminal emulator applications can be used to communicate with an ME4 Series controller module:

Table 1. Supported terminal emulator applicationsTerminal emulator applications
Application Operating system
PuTTY Microsoft Windows (all versions)
Minicom Linux (all versions)

Command-line interface

When the computer detects a connection to the emulated serial port, the controller awaits input of characters from the computer using the command-line interface. To see the CLI prompt, you must press Enter.

NOTE:Directly cabling to the mini-USB port is considered an out-of-band connection. The connection to the mini-USB port is outside of the normal data paths to the controller enclosure.

Device driver/special operation mode

Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation. The following table displays the product and vendor identification information that is required for certain operating systems:

Table 2. USB identification codeUSB Identification code for certain operating systems
USB identification code type Code
USB Vendor ID 0x210c
USB Product ID 0xa4a7

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