Users Guide

194 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 iDRAC6 Network/Security Services.
1 Start a shell.
2 Connect to iDRAC6 with the following command:
telnet <iDRAC6-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 Enter the following command at the command prompt to start SOL:
connect
4
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 iDRAC6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 at the command prompt to start SOL:
connect
NOTE: This connects you to the managed server's serial port. Once a SOL session
is established successfully, iDRAC6 command line console is no longer available to
you. Follow the escape sequence properly to reach iDRAC6 command line console.
Quit the SOL session (see "Disconnecting SOL session in iDRAC6 Command Line
Console" on page 192 to close an active SOL session).