Users Guide

Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 5 51

Configuring the BIOS Setup Program for a Serial Connection on the

Managed System

Perform the following steps to configure your BIOS Setup program to

redirect output to a serial port.

NOTE: You must configure the System Setup program in conjunction with the

connect com2 command.

Turn on or restart your system.

Press <F2> immediately after you see the following message:

<F2> = System Setup

Scroll down and select

Serial Communication

by pressing <Enter>.

Set the

Serial Communication

screen as follows:

External Serial Connector

—

Remote Access Device

Redirection After Boot

—

Disabled

Press <Esc> to exit the

System Setup

program to complete the

System

Setup

program configuration.

Using the Remote Access Serial Interface

When establishing a serial connection to the RAC device, the following

interfaces are available:

• IPMI serial interface. See "Using the IPMI Remote Access Serial Interface"

on page 274.

• RAC serial interface

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

aRAC card with Serial Console enabled, the RAC card will override the

IPMI serial settings and display the RAC CLI serial interface.