Switching Between Rac Serial And Serial Console While Using Db9 Cable; Switching From Serial Console To Rac Serial; Switching From Rac Serial To Serial Console; Communicating With Idrac7 Using Ipmi Sol - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

The Serial page is displayed.
2. Enable IPMI serial.
3. Click Terminal Mode Settings.
The Terminal Mode Settings page is displayed.
4. Specify the following values:
– Line editing
– Delete control
– Echo Control
– Handshaking control
– New line sequence
– Input new line sequences
For information about the options, see the
5. Click Apply.
The terminal mode settings are configured.
6. Make sure that the serial MUX (external serial connector) is set correctly to the remote access device in the BIOS
Setup program to configure BIOS for serial connection.
Configuring Additional Settings for IPMI Serial Terminal Mode Using RACADM
To configure the Terminal Mode settings, run the command:racadm config cfgIpmiSerial
Switching Between RAC Serial and Serial Console While Using DB9
Cable
iDRAC7 supports Escape key sequences that allow switching between RAC Serial Interface communication and Serial
Console on rack and tower servers.

Switching From Serial Console to RAC Serial

To switch to RAC Serial Interface communication mode when in Serial Console Mode, use the following key sequence:
<Esc> +<Shift> <9>
The key sequence directs you to the "iDRAC Login" prompt (if the iDRAC is set to RAC Serial mode) or to the Serial
Connection mode where terminal commands can be issued if iDRAC is set to IPMI Serial Direct Connect Terminal Mode.

Switching From RAC Serial to Serial Console

To switch to Serial Console Mode when in RAC Serial Interface Communication Mode, use the following key sequence:
<Esc> +<Shift> <q>
When in terminal mode, to switch the connection to the Serial Console mode use:
<Esc> +<Shift> <q>
To go back to the terminal mode use, when connected in Serial Console mode:
<Esc> +<Shift> <9>

Communicating With iDRAC7 Using IPMI SOL

IPMI Serial Over LAN (SOL) allows a managed system's text-based console serial data to be redirected over iDRAC7's
dedicated or shared out-of-band ethernet management network. Using SOL you can:
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