Users Guide

208 Configuring and Using Serial Over LAN
Connecting to the Remote Managed System's BMC
After a SOL Proxy session is established successfully, you are presented with
the following choices:
1. Connect to the Remote Server's BMC
2. Configure the Serial-Over-LAN for the Remote
Server
3. Activate Virtual Console
4. Reboot and Activate Virtual Console
5. Help
6. Exit
NOTE: While multiple SOL sessions can be active at the same time, only one Virtual
Console session can be active at any given time for a managed system.
NOTE: To exit an active SOL session, use the <~><.> character sequence. This
sequence terminates SOL and returns you to the top-level menu.
1 Select option 1 in the main menu.
2 Enter iDRAC6 IP Address of the remote managed system.
3 Provide iDRAC6 Username and Password for iDRAC6 on the managed
system. iDRAC6 username and password must be assigned and stored in
iDRAC6 non-volatile storage.
NOTE: Only one SOL Virtual Console session with iDRAC6 is permitted at one time.
NOTE: If required, extend SOL session duration to infinite by changing the Telnet
Timeout value to zero in iDRAC6 Web GUI under System iDRAC Settings
Network/Security Services.
4 Provide the IPMI encryption key if it was configured in iDRAC6.
NOTE: You can locate the IPMI encryption key in iDRAC6 GUI on System iDRAC
Settings Network/Security Network IPMI Settings Encryption Key.
NOTE: The default IPMI encryption key is all zeros. If you press <Enter> for the
encryption option, iDRAC6 will use this default encryption key.
5 Select Configure the Serial-Over-LAN for the Remote Server (option 2)
in the main menu.