User's Manual

Contents 5
Understanding the Redundant CMC
Environment
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About the Standby CMC
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Primary CMC Election Process . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Obtaining Health Status of
Redundant CMC
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3 Configuring CMC to Use Command
Line Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Command Line Console Features on the CMC . . . . . 51
Using a Serial, Telnet, or SSH Console . . . . . . . . . 52
Using a Telnet Console With the CMC
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Using SSH With the CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Enabling SSH on the CMC
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Changing the SSH Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Enabling the Front Panel to
iKVM Connection
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Configuring Terminal Emulation Software . . . . . . . 54
Configuring Linux Minicom
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Connecting to Servers or I/O Modules With
the Connect Command
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Configuring the managed server BIOS
for serial console redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configuring Windows for serial
console redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuring Linux for Server Serial
Console Redirection During Boot
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Configuring Linux for Server Serial
Console Redirection After Boot
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