Owner's Manual

Contents 5
Understanding the Redundant CMC Environment. . . . 55
About the Standby CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CMC Failsafe Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Active CMC Election Process
. . . . . . . . . . . 57
Obtaining Health Status of Redundant CMC
. . . . 57
3 Configuring CMC to Use Command
Line Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Command Line Console Features on the CMC . . . . . 59
Using a Serial, Telnet, or SSH Console
. . . . . . . . . 60
Using a Telnet Console With the CMC
. . . . . . . . . 60
Using SSH With the CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Enabling SSH on the CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing the SSH Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Enabling the Front Panel to iKVM Connection
. . . 63
Configuring Terminal Emulation Software
. . . . . . . 63
Configuring Linux Minicom
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connecting to Servers or I/O Modules With
the Connect Command
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring the Managed Server BIOS
for Serial Console Redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring Windows for Serial Console
Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring Linux for Server Serial Console
Redirection During Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring Linux for Server Serial Console
Redirection After Boot
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69