Users Guide

A SOL session from the management station to the managed system using the SSH or Telnet protocol is opened. To

access the iDRAC7 command line console, follow the ESC key sequence. Putty and SOL connection behavior:

– While accessing the managed system through putty during POST, if the The Function keys and keypad

option on putty is set to:

* VT100+ — F2 passes, but F12 cannot pass.

* ESC[n~ — F12 passes, but F2 cannot pass.

– In Windows, if the Emergency Management System (EMS) console is opened immediately after a host

reboot, the Special Admin Console (SAC) terminal may get corrupted. Quit the SOL session, close the

terminal, open another terminal, and start the SOL session using the same command.

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Disconnecting SOL Session in iDRAC7 Command Line Console

Using SOL From OpenSSH or Telnet On Linux

To start SOL from OpenSSH or Telnet on a Linux management station:

NOTE:

If required, you can change the default SSH or Telnet session time-out at

Overview → iDRAC Settings →

Network → Services

1. Start a shell.

2. Connect to iDRAC7 using the following command:

– For SSH: ssh

<iDRAC7-ip-address>

-l

– For Telnet: telnet

<iDRAC7-ip-address>

NOTE: If you have changed the port number for the Telnet service from the default (port 23), add the port

number to the end of the Telnet command.

3. Enter one of the following commands at the command prompt to start SOL:

– connect

– console com2

This connects iDRAC7 to the managed system’s SOL port. Once a SOL session is established, iDRAC7 command line

console is not available. Follow the escape sequence correctly to open the iDRAC7 command line console. The

escape sequence is also printed on the screen as soon as a SOL session is connected. When the managed system

is off, it takes sometime to establish the SOL session.

NOTE:

You can use console com1 or console com2 to start SOL. Reboot the server to establish the connection.

The console -h com2 command displays the contents of the serial history buffer before waiting for input from

the keyboard or new characters from the serial port.

The default (and maximum) size of the history buffer is 8192 characters. You can set this number to a smaller value

using the command:

racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialHistorySize <number>

4. Quit the SOL session to close an active SOL session.