User`s guide

Configuration Software and Utilities 79
Terminal Mode Configuration
When you click Next on the Page Destination Configuration screen, the Terminal Mode
Configuration screen is displayed. This screen allows you to configure the settings used when
terminal mode is active.
Terminal mode is an operating mode of the BMC in which the BMC can accept and respond to
commands via printable characters over a serial/modem channel. This includes a set of text
commands that the BMC understands and IPMI commands in hex format. For more
information about Terminal Mode, see Terminal Mode, on page 106.
Figure 43. Terminal Mode Configuration
After completing this screen, click Save to complete this sub-task.
Enable Terminal Mode
This check box enables or disables terminal mode. Terminal mode is enabled with the box is
checked.
Enable Line Editing
This check box enables or disables line editing during a terminal mode session if checked. Line
editing is enabled with the box is checked. When line editing is enabled, echo should also be
enabled. When line editing is enabled:
• The <Backspace> or <Delete> key can be used to delete the last character entered.
• The <ESC> key can be used to delete an entire line.
• Long message lines can be split across multiple-lines using a line continuation (\) character
followed immediately by <CR><LF>.