User's Manual

Contents 5
Understanding the Redundant CMC Environment. . . . 53
About the Standby CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Active CMC Election Process
. . . . . . . . . . . 54
Obtaining Health Status of Redundant CMC . . . . 54
3 Configuring CMC to Use Command
Line Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Command Line Console Features on the CMC . . . . . 55
Using a Serial, Telnet, or SSH Console . . . . . . . . . 56
Using a Telnet Console With the CMC
. . . . . . . . . 56
Using SSH With the CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Enabling SSH on the CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Changing the SSH Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Enabling the Front Panel to
iKVM Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configuring Terminal Emulation Software . . . . . . . 58
Configuring Linux Minicom
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting to Servers or I/O Modules With
the Connect Command
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring the Managed Server BIOS
for Serial Console Redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring Windows for Serial
Console Redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring Linux for Server Serial
Console Redirection During Boot
. . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring Linux for Server Serial
Console Redirection After Boot . . . . . . . . . . 65