Using the IPMI Remote Access Serial Interface
In the IPMI serial interface, the following modes are available:
•
IPMI terminal mode — Supports ASCII commands that are submitted
from a serial terminal. The command set has a limited number of
commands (including power control) and supports raw IPMI commands
that are entered as hexadecimal ASCII characters.
•
IPMI basic mode — Supports a binary interface for program access,
such as the IPMI shell (IPMISH) that is included with the Baseboard
Management Utility (BMU).
To configure the IPMI mode using RACADM:
1 Disable the RAC serial interface.
At the command prompt, type:
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o
cfgSerialConsoleEnable 0
2 Enable the appropriate IPMI mode.
For example, at the command prompt, type:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiSerial -o
cfgIpmiSerialConnectionMode <0 or 1>
For more information, see iDRAC6 Property Database Group and Object
Definitions in the iDRAC6 Administrator Reference Guide available on the
Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
Configuring Serial Over LAN Using the
Web-Based Interface
For detailed information, see "Configuring IPMI Using Web Interface" on
page 61.
NOTE:
You can use Serial Over LAN with the following Dell OpenManage tools:
SOLProxy and IPMItool. For more information, see the
Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User's Guide
support.dell.com\manuals.
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