Cisco Systems 57712, UCSCPCIEBTG manual Managing Serial over LAN, Serial Over LAN

Managing Remote Presence

Managing Serial over LAN

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Server # scope vmedia	Enters the virtual media command mode.
Step 2	Server /vmedia # unmap volume_name	Specifies the volume name to unmap.

This example shows how to unmap a local vmedia volume:

Server # scope vmedia

Server /vmedia # show mappings

Volume	Map-status	Drive-type	remote-share	remote-file	mount-type
------	----------	------------	--------------------- -------------------		-----------
Huu	OK	removable	http://10.104.236.99/ rhel-server-6.1-x86_6.iso			www
Rhel	OK	CD	http://10.104.236.99/ rhel-server-6.1-x86_6.iso			www
Server /vmedia # unmap huu
Server /vmedia # show mappings
Volume	Map-status	Drive-type	remote-share	remote-file	mount-type
------	----------	------------	--------------------- -------------------		-----------
Rhel	OK	CD	http://10.104.236.99/ rhel-server-6.1-x86_6.iso			www

Server /vmedia #

Managing Serial over LAN

Serial Over LAN

Serial over LAN (SoL) is a mechanism that enables the input and output of the serial port of a managed system to be redirected via an SSH session over IP. SoL provides a means of reaching the host console via CIMC.

Guidelines and Restrictions for Serial Over LAN

For redirection to SoL, the server console must have the following configuration:

•console redirection to serial port A

•no flow control

•baud rate the same as configured for SoL

•VT-100 terminal type

•legacy OS redirection disabled

The SoL session will display line-oriented information such as boot messages, and character-oriented screen menus such as BIOS setup menus. If the server boots an operating system or application with a bitmap-oriented

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