Users Guide

170 Configuring and Using Serial Over LAN
Using SOL over Telnet with Linux
To start SOL from Telnet on a Linux management station, follow these steps:
NOTE: If required, you can change the default Telnet timeout at System→ Remote
Access→ iDRAC→ Network/Security→ Services.
1 Start a shell.
2 Connect to iDRAC6 with the following command:
telnet < iDRAC-ip-address >
NOTE: If you have changed the port number for the Telnet service from the
default (port 23), add the port number to the end of the telnet command.
3 Input iDRAC's username and password in order to connect to iDRAC6
SM-CLP.
4 Enter the following command in the SM-CLP prompt to start SOL:
start /system1/sol1
5
To quit a SOL session from Telnet on Linux, press <Ctrl>+] (hold down
the control key, press the right-square-bracket key, and then release).
A telnet prompt displays. Enter
quit to exit telnet.
Using SOL over OpenSSH with Linux
OpenSSH is an open source utility for using the SSH protocol. To start SOL
from OpenSSH on a Linux management station, follow these steps:
NOTE: If required, you can change the default SSH session timeout at System→
Remote Access→ iDRAC→ Network/Security→ Services.
1 Start a shell.
2 Connect to iDRAC6 with the following command:
ssh < iDRAC-ip-address > -l < login name >
3
Enter the following command in the SM-CLP prompt to start SOL:
start /system1/sol1
NOTE: This connects you to the managed server's serial port. The SM-CLP
commands are no longer available to you. You cannot return to SM-CLP once
you have started SOL. You must quit the SOL session (refer to "Disconnecting
SOL session in SM-CLP" to close an active SOL session), and start a new one
to use SM-CLP.