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 Idrac Using Ipmi Sol - Dell iDRAC 8 User Manual

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, use the set command with the objects in the idrac.ipmiserial group.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Switching between RAC serial and serial console while using DB9 cable

iDRAC 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, press 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, press Esc+Shift, Q.
When in terminal mode, to switch the connection to the Serial Console mode, press Esc+Shift, Q.
To go back to the terminal mode use, when connected in Serial Console mode, press Esc+Shift, 9.

Communicating with iDRAC using IPMI SOL

IPMI Serial Over LAN (SOL) allows a managed system's text-based console serial data to be redirected over iDRAC's dedicated or
shared out-of-band ethernet management network. Using SOL you can:
• Remotely access operating systems with no time-out.
• Diagnose host systems on Emergency Management Services (EMS) or Special Administrator Console (SAC) for Windows or
Linux shell.
• View the progress of a servers during POST and reconfigure the BIOS setup program.
To setup the SOL communication mode:
1. Configure BIOS for serial connection.
2. Configure iDRAC to Use SOL.
3. Enable a supported protocol (SSH, Telnet, IPMItool).
Related links
Configuring BIOS for serial connection
Configuring iDRAC to use SOL
Enabling supported protocol
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