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Connecting to the Managed System Through the
Local Serial Port or Telnet Management Station (Client System) . . . . . . . 51
Connecting the DB-9 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configuring the Management Station Terminal Emulation Software. . . . . . 53
Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom for
Serial Console Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring HyperTerminal for Serial Console Redirection . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux XTerm for
Telnet Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling Microsoft Telnet for Telnet Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . 56
Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4 Managing and Recovering a Remote System
Accessing the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Logging In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users and Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configuring the DRAC 4 NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adding and Configuring SNMP Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Managing a Remote System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Ensuring DRAC 4 Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Managing Power on a Remote System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the SEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the DRAC 4 Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Viewing the Last System Crash Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the Diagnostic Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Troubleshooting Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Troubleshooting Alerting Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82