Terminal Mode Overview; Setup And Configuration - Intel SR870BN4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual

11. At the prompt to save changes and exit, select "Yes" and pressing the <Enter> key.
12. This reboots the server with console redirection enabled. At this point, power down the server
and configure the console.
Console Configuration
1. Boot the console into the OS.
2. Launch HyperTerminal by clicking on the "Start" button in the task bar.
3. Select "Programs>Accessories>Communications" and click on HyperTerminal.
4. At the Connection Description window, enter "guest" for the name and click "OK" to proceed.
5. At the Connect To window, select the COM port of the console that the Null modem is
connected. In this example, it is COM1.
6. At the COM1 Properties window, select "115200" for the Bits per second (Baud rate) box to
match what was configured via the SMU on the server.
7. Select "Hardware" for the Flow Control to match what was configured in the BIOS Setup
(CTS/RTS is the Hardware flow control).
8. Leave the default settings for the other boxes. Click "OK" to accept the settings and enter the
HyperTerminal screen.
9. At this point, power on the server. The console starts displaying the redirection once the video
synchronizes on the server.

Terminal Mode Overview

Terminal mode is a feature that allows the user to directly interface to the server's Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) via a serial port connection and execute text-based commands.
Two types of text commands are supported:
A limited selection of text commands
Standard binary IPMI 1.5 hex-ASCII commands
Using the terminal mode feature the user can do the following:
Power the server on or off
Reset the server
Retrieve the server's health status
Configure and retrieve the server management subsystems boot options
Configure and retrieve the BMC's terminal mode configuration
Execute any platform supported binary command specified in the Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) v1.5 specification using the hex-ASCII format

Setup and Configuration

Connection Mechanism
Two types of connection mechanisms are supported as follows:
Direct connection, where a local host is connected to the target system "directly," or from one
system's serial port to another, and;
Modem connection, where the local host is connected to the target system via a modem.
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