Configuring The Management Station Terminal Emulation Software; Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom For Serial Console Emulation - Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 User Manual

Configuring the Management Station Terminal
Emulation Software
Your DRAC 4 supports a serial or telnet text console from a management station running one of
the following types of terminal emulation software:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom in an Xterm
• Hilgraeve's HyperTerminal Private Edition (version 6.3)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Telnet in an Xterm
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• Microsoft Telnet
Perform the steps in the following subsections to configure your type of terminal software.
Configuration is not required when using Microsoft Telnet.

Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom for Serial Console Emulation

Minicom is the serial port access utility for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The following steps are
valid for configuring Minicom version 1.8. Other Minicom versions may differ slightly but
require the same basic settings. Use the information in "Required Minicom Settings for Serial
Console Emulation" to configure other versions of Minicom.
Configuring Minicom Version 1.8 for Serial Console Emulation
NOTE:
To ensure that the text displays properly, Dell™ recommends that you use an Xterm window to display
the telnet console instead of the default window provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation.
1 To start a new Xterm session, type xterm & at the command prompt.
2 Drag the lower right-hand corner of the window to resize it to 80 x 25 prior to using Minicom.
Drag the lower right corner with the mouse.
3 If you do not have a Minicom configuration file, go to the next step.
If you have a Minicom configuration file, type minicom < Minicom config file name >
and skip to step 17.
4 At the Xterm command prompt, type minicom -s.
5 Select Serial Port Setup and press <Enter>.
6 Press <a> and select the appropriate serial device (for example, /dev/ttySo).
7 Press <e> and set the Bps/Par/Bits option to 115200 8N1.
8 Press <f> and set Hardware Flow Control to Yes and set Software Flow Control to No.
9 To exit the Serial Port Setup menu, press <Enter>.
10 Select Modem and Dialing and press <Enter>.
11 In the Modem Dialing and Parameter Setup menu, press <Backspace> to clear the init,
reset, connect, and hangup settings so that they are blank.
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