Switching Between RAC Serial Interface Communication Mode and Serial Console

iDRAC6 supports Escape key sequences that allow switching between RAC Serial Interface communication and Serial Console.

To set your system to allow this behavior, do the following:

1Turn on or restart your system.

2Press <F2> immediately after you see the following message:

<F2> = System Setup

3Scroll down and select Serial Communication by pressing <Enter>.

4Set the Serial Communication screen as follows:

serial communication -- On with serial redirection via com2

NOTE: You can set the serial communication field to On with serial redirection via com1 as long as serial device2 in the serial port address field is also set to com1.

serial port address -- Serial device1 = com1, serial device2 = com2 external serial connector -- Serial device 2

failsafe baud rate....115200

remote terminal type ...vt100/vt220 redirection after boot ... Enabled Then, select Save Changes.

5Press <Esc> to exit the System Setup program and complete the System Setup program configuration.

Connect the null modem cable between the managed system's external serial connector and the management station’s serial port.

Use a terminal emulation program (hyperterminal or teraterm) on the management station and based on where the managed server is in its boot process, you will see either the POST screens or the operating system screens. This is based on the configuration: SAC for windows and Linux text mode screens for Linux. Set the management station’s terminal settings as Baud Rate–115200, data–8 bit, parity–none, stop–1 bit, and Flow Control–None.

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