Configuring the DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console 53
Configuring the Management Station Terminal Emulation Software
Your DRAC 4 supports a serial or telnet text console from a management station running one of
the following types of terminal emulation software:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom in an Xterm
• Hilgraeve’s HyperTerminal Private Edition (version 6.3)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Telnet in an Xterm
• Microsoft
®
Telnet
Perform the steps in the following subsections to configure your type of terminal software.
Configuration is not required when using Microsoft Telnet.

Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom for Serial Console Emulation

Minicom is the serial port access utility for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The following steps are
valid for configuring Minicom version 1.8. Other Minicom versions may differ slightly but
require the same basic settings. Use the information in "Required Minicom Settings for Serial
Console Emulation" to configure other versions of Minicom.
Configuring Minicom Version 1.8 for Serial Console Emulation
NOTE: To ensure that the text displays properly, Dell™ recommends that you use an Xterm window to display
the telnet console instead of the default window provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation.
1
To start a new Xterm session, type
xterm &
at the command prompt.
2
Drag the lower right-hand corner of the window to resize it to 80 x 25
prior to using Minicom.
Drag the lower right corner with the mouse.
3
If you do not have a Minicom configuration file, go to the next step.
If you have a Minicom configuration file, type
minicom
<

Minicom

config file name

>
and skip to step 17.
4
At the Xterm command prompt, type
minicom -s
.
5
Select
Serial Port Setup
and press <Enter>.
6
Press <a> and select the appropriate serial device (for example,
/dev/ttySo
).
7
Press <e> and set the
Bps/Par/Bits
option to
115200 8N1
.
8
Press <f> and set
Hardware Flow Control
to
Yes
and set
Software Flow Control
to
No
.
9
To ex it the
Serial Port Setup
menu, press <Enter>.
10
Select
Modem and Dialing
and press <Enter>.
11
In the
Modem Dialing and Parameter Setup
menu, press <Backspace> to clear the
init
,
reset
,
connect
, and
hangup
settings so that they are blank.