General User Release Notes
3.9 Serial Port Enumeration
There are two possible serial ports that can be selected as the primary console,
the iLO and the Baseboard Management Console (BMC). Whichever is selected
as primary console will be expressed as OPA0 by OpenVMS; the other will be
either TTA0 or TTB0 if the system has an additional serial port. The following
list describes these abbreviations and their definitions.
Abbreviation Definition
MP Serial port of the iLO MP. This component is
optional on some systems.
BMC Serial port of the BMC. This component is not
available on all systems.
AP Auxiliary Port. This auxiliary 16550-compatible
serial port is not available on all systems.
VGA Graphics Console. This is an optional component of
the iLO MP. If your system was not shipped with
the VGA option, you can install a graphics option
in one of the PCI slots to obtain this functionality.
NA Not Available.
NC Not Configured as a Serial Port by OpenVMS.
NS Not Supported.
The following table displays the sources for backpanel drawings:
Platform Backpanel Drawing
rx1600, rx1620 http://docs.hp.com/en/AB430-
96004/ch03s03.html#i1021437
rx2600, rx2620 http://docs.hp.com/en/AD117-9003A/ch02s02.html
rx4640 http://docs.hp.com/en/A9950-96009/A9950-96009.pdf
rx3600, rx6600 http://docs.hp.com/en/AD217-9001A/ch02s03.html
rx2660 http://docs.hp.com/en/AD217-9001A/ch02s02.html
rx8620 http://docs.hp.com/en/A7026-96033/ch04s05.html
bl860c http://docs.hp.com/en/AD217-9001A/ch02s01.html
The following table provides serial-port naming for the HP Integrity platforms
listed. The device selected as primary console is always named OPA0.
OpenVMS Serial Port Name
Platform
Primary
Console Port MP BMC AP VGA
rx1600
rx1620
MP (optional)
BMC
VGA (optional)
OPA0
NC
NC
TTA0
OPA0
TTA0
NA OPA0
rx2600
rx2620
MP (optional)
BMC
VGA (optional)
OPA0
NC
NC
TTB0
OPA0
TTB0
TTA0
TTA0
TTA0
OPA0
rx4640 MP
VGA (optional)
OPA0
NC
NA NA OPA0
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