User's Manual

60 Configuring CMC to Use Command Line Consoles
There are up to six IOMs on the managed system. To connect to an IOM,
type:
connect switch-n
where n is an IOM label a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, and c2.
IOMs are labeled A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2. (See Figure 10-1 for an
illustration of the placement of IOMs in the chassis.) When you reference the
IOMs in the connect command, the IOMs are mapped to switches as shown
in Table 3-4.
NOTE: There can only be one IOM connection per chassis at a time.
NOTE: You cannot connect to pass-throughs from the serial console.
To connect to a managed server serial console, use the command connect
server-n, where -n is the slot number of the server; you can also use the racadm
connect server-n command. When you connect to a server using the -b option,
binary communication is assumed and the escape character is disabled. If the
iDRAC is not available, you will see a No route to host error message.
The connect server-n command enables the user to access the server's serial
port. After this connection is established, the user will be able to see the
server's console redirection through CMC's serial port that includes both the
BIOS serial console and the operating system serial console.
NOTE: In order to see the BIOS boot screens, serial redirection has to be enabled
in the servers’ BIOS Setup.
Table 3-4. Mapping I/O Modules to Switches
I/O Module Label Switch
A1 switch-a1
A2 switch-a2
B1 switch-b1
B2 switch-b2
C1 switch-c1
C2 switch-c2