Serial-To-Serial Redirection - IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User Manual

v You update the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware. For information about
v Your operating system has serial support for text management in the operating

Serial-to-serial redirection

Serial-to-serial redirection enables the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to pass data
between COM1 and COM2. This mode is useful when a single serial connection is
required to a client computer or a hardware terminal server.
When serial authentication is enabled, the serial command-line interface session is
authenticated through the local logon profiles or through an LDAP server.
For serial redirection quick setup information, see "Serial redirection quick setup" on
page 86.
To set up the software configuration for serial-to-serial redirection configuration,
complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II on which you want to configure the
2. In the navigation pane, click Serial Port. A page similar to the one in the
3. In the Serial Port 1 area, set the following values for the fields:
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system. The following operating systems have serial support:
– Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with emergency
management services for serial console support
– Linux operating systems with Agetty serial console support
serial port. For more information, see Chapter 2, "Opening and using the Web
interface," on page 5.
following illustration is displayed.
a. In the Port function field, select Serial redirect.
Note: The serial ports are enabled independently for serial redirection. For
serial-to-serial redirection, both ports must be set to Serial redirect.
The available options for COM1 are Modem alerting, PPP, and Serial
redirect. If COM2 is enabled, it supports only serial redirection.