Users Guide

48 Configuring the DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console
• Menu-based VT-100 block screen interface that provides easy operation of
commonly used commands including reset, power-on, and power-off
NOTE: Because the racadm command does not have access to a file system
on a serial or telnet console, several options (such as reading or writing a file)
are not supported by the racadm command through a serial or telnet console.
For more information about supported racadm commands for the serial and
telnet consoles, see "Using the Serial and racadm Commands."
• Optional idle timeout setting on SSH connections for enhanced security,
which is controlled by the "cfgSsnMgtSshTelnetIdleTimeout
(Read/Write)" object
Enabling and Configuring the Managed System to
Use a Serial or Telnet Console
This section provides information about enabling and configuring a
serial/telnet console on the managed system.
NOTE: The connect com2 serial command requires that the Serial Port setting
under the BIOS setup group Integrated Devices be set to RAC. When a telnet
session is established to the DRAC 4 and the setting of this serial port is not RAC,
connect com2 yields a blank screen.
NOTE: The connect com2 serial command is not supported on systems running the
Novell NetWare operating system.
Configuring the System Setup Program on the Managed System
Perform the following steps to configure your System Setup program to
redirect output to a serial port.
NOTE: You must configure the System Setup Program in conjunction with the
connect serial/telnet command.
1 Turn on or restart your system.
2 Press <F2> immediately after you see the following message:
<F2> = System Setup
3
Scroll down and select Integrated Devices by pressing <Enter>.
4 In the submenu, scroll down to Serial Port 1 and set to RAC .
5 Scroll down and select Console Redirection .