Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Xterm For Telnet Console Redirection; Management Station Com Port Settings - Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 User Manual

4 Configure the COM port settings as shown in Table 3-6.
5 Click OK.
6 Click File
Properties
7 Set the Telnet terminal ID: to ANSI.
8 Click Terminal Setup and set Screen Rows to 26.
9 Set Columns to 80 and click OK.
Table 3-6. Management Station COM Port Settings
Setting Description
Bits per second:
Data bits:
Parity:
Stop bits:
Flow control:
The HyperTerminal window displays a command prompt such as [DRAC 4\root]#.
When the command prompt appears, your connection is successful and you are ready to
connect to the managed system console using the connect com2 serial command.

Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux XTerm for Telnet Console Redirection

NOTE:
When you are using the connect com2 command through a telnet console to display the System
Setup screens, set the terminal type to ANSI in System Setup and for the telnet session.
When running telnet with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, perform the following steps:
NOTE:
To ensure that the text is properly displayed, 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 telnet.
This can be done by dragging the lower-right-corner with the mouse.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Xterm is now ready to connect by telnet to the managed system DRAC 4.
To connect to the DRAC 4, at the Xterm prompt, type telnet < DRAC 4 IP address >.
and click the Settings tab.
Required Setting
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