Installation Manual

NOTE: If required, you can change the default SOL time-out at Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network →

Services.

1. Install IPMITool from the

Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

For installation instructions, see the

Software Quick Installation Guide

2. At the command prompt (Windows or Linux), run the command to start SOL from iDRAC7: ipmitool -H

<iDRAC7-ip-address> -I lanplus -U <login name> -P <login password> sol

activate

This connects the management station to the managed system's serial port.

3. To quit a SOL session from IPMItool, press <~> and <.> one after the other. The SOL session closes.

NOTE: If a SOL session does not terminate, reset iDRAC7 and allow up to two minutes to complete booting.

SOL Using SSH or Telnet Protocol

Secure Shell (SSH) and Telnet are network protocols used to perform command line communications to iDRAC7. You

can parse remote RACADM and SMCLP commands through either of these interfaces.

SSH has improved security over Telnet. iDRAC7 only supports SSH version 2 with password authentication, and is

enabled by default. iDRAC7 supports up to two SSH sessions and two Telnet sessions at a time. It is recommended to

use SSH as Telnet is not a secure protocol. You must use Telnet only if you cannot install an SSH client or if your

network infrastructure is secure.

Use opensource programs such as PuTTY or OpenSSH that support SSH and Telnet network protocols on a

management station to connect to iDRAC7.

NOTE: Run OpenSSH from a VT100 or ANSI terminal emulator on Windows. Running OpenSSH at the Windows

command prompt does not result in full functionality (that is, some keys do not respond and no graphics are

displayed).

Before using SSH or Telnet to communicate with iDRAC7, make sure to:

1. Configure BIOS to enable Serial Console.

2. Configure SOL in iDRAC7.

3. Enable SSH or Telnet using iDRAC7 Web interface or RACADM.

Telnet (port 23)/ SSH (port 22) client <−−> WAN connection <−−> iDRAC7

The IPMI-based SOL that uses SSH or Telnet protocol eliminates the need for an additional utility because the

serial to network translation happens within iDRAC7. The SSH or Telnet console that you use must be able to

interpret and respond to the data arriving from the managed systems’s serial port. The serial port usually attaches

to a shell that emulates an ANSI- or VT100/VT220–terminal. The serial console is automatically redirected to the

SSH or Telnet console.