Users Guide

56 Using the BMC Management Utility
You can also send the terminal break function while in console redirection. The use of this functionality
requires that the specific terminal program in use has the ability to send the break function. For example,
you can send the break signal through the Linux telnet modules by typing:
Ctrl+]send brk<Enter>
The Linux SysRq function is one example of an advanced debugging feature that is enabled by use of the
break function. See the "BIOS Configuration" section on how to use this feature. See the "Serial Console
redirection with SOL Proxy" section for more information on the SysRq feature.
To enable BIOS console redirection for use with SOLProxy:
• Configure the "Console redirection" attribute to " On with Console Redirection via COM2 " for
PowerEdge
x9xx systems. This option is available under the "Serial Communication" submenu in
BIOS setup.
• Configure the "Console Redirection" Attribute to "Serial Port1" for PowerEdge
x8xx systems. This
option is available under the Console Redirection menu in BIOS Setup. Set "Serial port 1" to
"BMC NIC." This option is available under the Integrated Devices menu in BIOS Setup.
Using SOL Proxy
Depending on the console you use, there are different steps for accessing SOL Proxy. Throughout this
section, the management station where the SOL Proxy is running is referred to as the SOL Proxy Server.
Initiating the SOL Proxy session using the Windows Command Prompt:
To connect and use SOL Proxy:
1
Open a Command Prompt window on your management station.
2 Enter the telnet command in the command-line and provide the IP address of the SOL Proxy server
and the port number that you specified in the SOL Proxy installation (the default value is 623).
For example:
telnet 192.168.1.24 623
NOTE: The IP address and port number you provide should conform to the ones defined in the SOL Proxy
configuration file. For more details, see “Configuring the SOL Proxy Configuration File.”
3 If you are prompted for a username, provide the operating system login credentials of the system
runing the SOL Proxy Server service.
4 Provide a password when prompted. SOL Proxy will use this combination of operating system
username and password to authenticate you on the SOL Proxy Server. The specific authentication
scheme will depend on the operating system configuration for the SOL Proxy Server. However, if
localhost or an IP address of 127.0.0.1 is used, it is assumed that the user has login privileges to the
current host, and is not prompted for a username and password.
5 After authentication, a login successful message and the SOL Proxy main menu prompt appear. You
are ready to use SOL Proxy. By default, you will be logged in the menu mode. See "SOL Proxy Main
Menu" for further instructions.