Users Guide

Configuring and Using the DRAC 5 Command Line Console 67
Using the Remote Access Serial Interface
When establishing a serial connection to the RAC device, the following
interfaces are available:
• IPMI serial interface
• RAC serial interface
IPMI Serial Interface
In the IPMI serial interface, the following modes are available:
• IPMI terminal mode — Supports ASCII commands that are submitted
from a serial terminal. The command set is limited to a limited number of
commands (including power control) and supports raw IPMI commands
that are entered as hexadecimal ASCII characters.
•
IPMI basic mode — Supports a binary interface for program access, such
as the IPMI shell (IPMISH) that is included with the Baseboard
Management Utility (BMU).
To configure the IPMI mode using RACADM, perform the following steps:
1
Disable the RAC serial interface.
At the command prompt, type:
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o
cfgSerialConsoleEnable 0
2
Enable the appropriate IPMI mode.
For example, at the command prompt, type:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiSerial -o
cfgIpmiSerialConnectionMode
< 0 or 1 >
See "DRAC 5 Property Database Group and Object Definitions" on page 293
for more information.
RAC Serial Interface
RAC also supports a serial console interface (or RAC Serial Console) that
provides a RAC CLI, which is not defined by IPMI. If your system includes a
RAC card with Serial Console enabled, the RAC card will override the IPMI
serial settings and display the RAC CLI serial interface.