Dell External OEMR 1435 User Manual page 80

Using a Linux Shell
To connect and use SOL Proxy:
1 Open a Linux shell on your management station.
2 Enter the telnet command and provide the IP address of the SOL Proxy
Server and the port number you specified in SOL Proxy installation. For
example:
telnet 192.168.1.24 623
NOTE:
ones defined in the SOL Proxy configuration file. For more details, see
"Configuring the SOL Proxy Configuration File."
3 If you are prompted for a username, provide the operating system login
credentials of SOL Proxy Server.
4 Provide a password when prompted. SOL Proxy will use this combination
of operating system username and password to authenticate you on the
SOL Proxy Server. The specific authentication scheme will depend on the
operating system configuration for the SOL Proxy Server. However, if
localhost or an IP address of 127.0.0.1 is used, it is assumed that the user
has login privileges to the current host, and is not prompted for a
username and password.
5 After authentication, a login successful message and the SOL Proxy main
menu prompt appear. You are ready to use SOL Proxy. See "SOL Proxy
Main Menu" for further instructions.
SOL Proxy Main Menu
After the telnet connection with SOL Proxy is successfully established, you
are presented with the following choices. See Figure 3-15.
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Using the BMC Management Utility
The IP address and port number you provide should conform to the