User's Manual

Contents 5
Understanding the Redundant CMC Environment. . . . 55
About the Standby CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Primary CMC Election Process
. . . . . . . . . . . 56
Planning Deployment of Redundant CMCs
. . . . . 56
Obtaining Health Status of Redundant CMC
. . . . 56
3 Configuring CMC to Use Command
Line Consoles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Command Line Console Features on the CMC . . . . . 57
Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using a Telnet Console With the CMC
. . . . . . . . . 58
Using SSH With the CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Enabling SSH on the CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the SSH Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Enabling the Front Panel to iKVM Connection
. . . 60
Configuring Terminal Emulation Software
. . . . . . . 60
Configuring Linux Minicom for Serial Console
Emulation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Configuring Linux for Server Serial Console
Redirection During Boot
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Enabling Login to the Server Serial Console
After Boot
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting to Modules With the Connect
Command
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67