Users Guide

Contents 7
Configuring the Management Station Terminal
Emulation Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom
for Serial Console Emulation
. . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring HyperTerminal for Serial
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux XTerm
for Telnet Console Redirection
. . . . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling Microsoft Telnet for Telnet
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using a Serial or Telnet Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4 Managing and Recovering
a Remote System 69
Accessing the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . 69
Logging In
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users
and Alerts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users
. . . . . . 71
Configuring the DRAC 4 NIC
. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adding and Configuring SNMP Alerts . . . . . . . 77
Managing a Remote System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . 80
Securing DRAC 4 Communications
Using SSL and Digital Certificates . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing System Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Recovering and Troubleshooting the
Managed System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
First Steps to Troubleshoot a
Remote System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Managing Power on a Remote System
. . . . . . 90