Users Guide
When in terminal mode, to switch the connection to the Serial Console mode, press Esc+Shift, Q.
To go back to the terminal mode use, when connected in Serial Console mode, press Esc+Shift, 9.
Communicating with iDRAC using IPMI SOL
IPMI Serial Over LAN (SOL) allows a managed system’s text-based console serial data to be redirected over iDRAC’s dedicated or shared
out-of-band ethernet management network. Using SOL you can:
• Remotely access operating systems with no time-out.
• Diagnose host systems on Emergency Management Services (EMS) or Special Administrator Console (SAC) for Windows or Linux
shell.
• View the progress of a servers during POST and recongure the BIOS setup program.
To setup the SOL communication mode:
1 Congure BIOS for serial connection.
2 Congure iDRAC to Use SOL.
3 Enable a supported protocol (SSH, Telnet, IPMItool).
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Conguring BIOS for serial connection
Conguring iDRAC to use SOL
Enabling supported protocol
Conguring BIOS for serial connection
NOTE
: This is applicable only for iDRAC on rack and tower servers.
1 Turn on or restart the system.
2 Press F2.
3 Go to System BIOS Settings > Serial Communication.
4 Specify the following values:
• Serial Communication — On With Console Redirection
• Serial Port Address — COM2.
NOTE
: You can set the serial communication eld to On with serial redirection via com1 if serial device2 in the
serial port address eld is also set to com1.
• External serial connector — Serial device 2
• Failsafe Baud Rate — 115200
• Remote Terminal Type — VT100/VT220
• Redirection After Boot — Enabled
5 Click Back and then click Finish.
6 Click Yes to save the changes.
7 Press <Esc> to exit System Setup.
NOTE
: BIOS sends the screen serial data in 25 x 80 format. The SSH window that is used to invoke the console
com2 command must be set to 25 x 80. Then, the redirected screen appears correctly.
NOTE: If the boot loader or operating system provides serial redirection such as GRUB or Linux, then the BIOS
Redirection After Boot setting must be disabled. This is to avoid potential race condition of multiple components
accessing the serial port.
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