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Figure 2-8.
RJ-45 serial converter
Using an RJ-45 cable, you can connect the cable to the serial port on your laptop or datacenter terminal cart, and
connect to access the ILOM using a terminal emulator such as PuTTY or ITerm2. If you lack a serial port, then you can
buy one of the many USB-to-serial converter cables that are on the market. Once the connection cable is connected
to the laptop and the ODA serial port (and assuming that you are using Windows), check the device manager to see
which COM port the USB device is connected to. Then specify that COM port in your PuTTY connection, as shown in
Figure
2-9
. (If running Linux, then see MOS Note ID 1395445.1 for instructions). Once the port is determined, you can
open a terminal and connect to the ODA over the serial line.
Figure 2-9.
PuTTY screen for making a serial connection
