Users Guide

204 Configuring and Using Serial Over LAN
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 202 to close an
active SOL session).
Using SOL over IPMItool
The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD provides the
IPMItool which can be installed on various operating systems. See the
Software Quick Installation Guide for installation details. To start SOL with
IPMItool on a management station, follow these steps:
NOTE: If required, you can change the default SOL timeout at System iDRAC
Settings Network/Security Services.
1 Locate IPMItool.exe under the proper directory.
The default path in Windows 32–bit operating system is
C:\Program
Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc
and in Windows 64–bit operating system is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\bmc .
2 Ensure the Encryption Key is all zeroes at System  iDRAC Settings 
Network/Security  Network  IPMI Settings .
3 Enter the following command in the Windows command prompt or in the
Linux shell prompt to start SOL from iDRAC:
ipmitool -H <iDRAC-ip-address> -I lanplus -U
<login name> -P <login password> sol activate
This connects you to the managed server's serial port.
4 To quit a SOL session from IPMItool, press <~> and <.> (press the tilde
and period keys in sequence, one after the other). Try more than once
since iDRAC6 may be busy to accept the keys. The SOL session will close.
NOTE: If a user does not terminate the SOL session correctly, enter the following
command to reboot iDRAC. Allow iDRAC6 upto two minutes to complete booting. For
more details, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and CMC
available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
racadm racreset