Owner's Manual

Contents 5
Understanding the Redundant
CMC Environment
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About the Standby CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CMC Failsafe Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Active CMC Election Process
. . . . . . . . . . . 59
Obtaining Health Status of
Redundant CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3 Configuring CMC to Use Command
Line Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Command Line Console Features on CMC . . . . . . . 61
Using a Serial, Telnet, or SSH Console
. . . . . . . . . 62
Using a Telnet Console With CMC. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using SSH With CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Enabling SSH on CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing the SSH Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Enabling the Front Panel to
iKVM Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring Terminal Emulation Software
. . . . . . . 65
Configuring Linux Minicom
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connecting to Servers or I/O Modules With
the Connect Command
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring the Managed Server BIOS for
Serial Console Redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configuring Windows for Serial
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configuring Linux for Server Serial
Console Redirection During Boot. . . . . . . . . . 70
Configuring Linux for Server Serial
Console Redirection After Boot
. . . . . . . . . . 71