User's Manual

Using the BMC Management Utility 83
5 After authentication, a login successful message and the SOL Proxy main
menu prompt appear. You are ready to use SOL Proxy. See "SOL Proxy
Main Menu" on page 83 for further instructions.
SOL Proxy Main Menu
After the telnet connection with SOL Proxy is successfully established, you
are presented with the following choices. See Figure 3-16.
Figure 3-16. SOL Proxy Main Menu Example
The SOL Proxy main menu allows you to change the SOL settings of a
remote managed system’s BMC, reboot the remote BMC, or activate console
redirection.
When you select menu option 1, Connect to the Remote Server’s BMC, you
are prompted for the BMC IP address and BMC login. After you enter the
required information and make a successful connection, the internal state
SLP is changed to “connected.” If you select menu options 2, 3, or 4, and the
application state is not “connected,” you are prompted to connect to a BMC.