User's Manual

Configuring the Management Station 47
Telnet with iDRAC
Telnet is included in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
and Linux operating systems and
can be run from a command shell. You may also choose to install a
commercial or freely available telnet client with more convenience features
than the standard version included with your operating system.
If your management station is running Windows XP or Windows 2003, you
may experience an issue with the characters in an iDRAC telnet session.This
issue may occur as a frozen login where the return key does not respond and
the password prompt does not appear.
To fix this issue, download hotfix 824810 from the Microsoft Support website
at support.microsoft.com. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 824810 for
more information.
Configuring the Backspace Key For Your Telnet Session
Depending on the telnet client, using the <Backspace> key may produce
unexpected results. For example, the session may echo ^h. However, most
Microsoft and Linux telnet clients can be configured to use the
<Backspace> key.
To configure Microsoft telnet clients to use the <Backspace> key, perform
the following steps:
1
Open a command prompt window (if required).
2 If you are not running a telnet session, type:
telnet
If you are running a telnet session, press <Ctrl><]>.
3 At the prompt, type:
set bsasdel
The following message appears:
Backspace will be sent as delete.