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2. Drag the lower right-hand corner of the window to resize it to 80 x 25 prior to using telnet. This can be done by dragging the lower-right-corner with the

mouse.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Xterm is now ready to connect by telnet to the managed system DRAC 4.

To connect to the DRAC 4, at the Xterm prompt, type telnet <DRAC 4 IP address>.

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Enabling Microsoft Telnet for Telnet Console Redirection

Microsoft telnet requires that you first enable Telnet in Windows Component Services.

After you have enabled telnet, you can connect to the DRAC 4 by performing the following steps:

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1. Open a command prompt.

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2. Type telnet <DRAC 4 IP address>:<port number> and press <Enter> (where IP address is the IP address for the DRAC 4 and port number is the telnet

port number if it has been changed).

Using a Serial or Telnet Console

Serial and telnet commands and racadm commands can be typed in a serial or telnet console. These commands can be executed on the server locally or

remotely. The local racadm CLI is installed for use as a root user only. For more information about the serial/telnet commands and racadm CLI, see "Using the

serial and racadm Commands."

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NOTE: If you are a Windows XP or Windows 2003 user who is having problems with characters in a DRAC 4 telnet session, go to the

support.microsoft.com website, and search the knowledge base for article 824810 for a hot fix for this issue. This problem may manifest itself as an

apparently frozen login (the return key seems not to work and the password prompt doesn't appear).

NOTE: With a Windows 2000 management station, pressing the <F2> key does not enter BIOS setup. This problem is resolved by using the telnet client

supplied with the Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 recommended free download from Microsoft. You can download Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 from