Users Guide
164 Using the Serial and racadm Commands
Logging into the DRAC 4
After you have configured your management station terminal emulator
software, perform the following steps to log into the DRAC 4:
1
Connect to the DRAC 4 using your management station terminal
emulation software.
2
Type your DRAC 4 user name and press <Enter>.
3
Type your DRAC 4 password and press <Enter>.
You are now logged into the DRAC 4.
Starting a Text Console
After you have logged into the DRAC 4 through your management station
terminal software or by telnet, you can redirect the managed system text
console by using connect com2, which is a serial/telnet command. Only one
connect com2 client is supported at a time (out of four total sessions shared
with the DRAC 4 Web-based interface).
To connect to the managed system text console, type connect com2 from the
DRAC 4 command prompt (displayed through Minicom or HyperTerminal).
NOTE: When accessing a DOS console through connect com2, characters in the
output may be dropped during the output of large amounts of data (for example, the
dump of large files greater than 30 lines). This can cause incorrect displays in
connect com2 over telnet sessions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Microsoft
Windows Special Administration Console (SAC) work correctly.
connect com2 also supports the -h option. This option displays the history of
the last characters written to the text console. The default (and maximum)
size of the history buffer is 8192 characters. You can set this number to a
smaller value using the command:
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialHistorySize
<number>
The connect -h com2 command displays the contents of the serial
history buffer before waiting for input from the keyboard or new characters
from the serial port.
NOTE: The terminal emulation type (ANSI or VT100) of the client terminal must
match the type on the server serial port output when using the -h option; otherwise,
the output may be garbled. In addition, the number of rows and columns of the
client terminal must be set to 25.