In article <1108374813.989825@docbert>,
Scott Howard <scott@hunterlink.net.au> wrote:
>DoN. Nichols <dnichols@d-and-d.com> wrote:
>>>The A1000 should be configured in-band via the raid manager software suite,
>>>and not via the serial port.
>>
>> So why do they have the serial port in the first place? And the
>
>The serial port is used for (very, very) low-level stuff. Even if you did
>have the password (and no, i'm not going to tell you what it is it'd
>be fairly useless to you as the interface is not exactly user-friendly...

Things such as re-establishing the original serial number which
I blew away by removing the SnapHat battery? :-) I've got the original
serial number saved, and somehow doubt that things will be happy with
the new serial number of "TN#0000000000000"

>> 10BaseT as well (or is it 100BaseT)? The ethernet port seems to not be
>> active at present, but the serial port certainly is. One may presume
>> that something useful could be done through those.
>
>The ethernet port is really there for "future enhancement" which never
>happened. It's not not connected to anything.

O.K. That explains why it doesn't show any activity.

Thanks,
DoN.
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