Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 manual Using a Serial or Telnet Console

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Enabling Microsoft Telnet for Telnet Console Redirection

NOTE: Some telnet clients on Microsoft operating systems may not display the BIOS setup screen correctly when BIOS console redirection is set for VT100 emulation. If this issue occurs, you can correct the display by changing BIOS console redirection to ANSI mode. From the BIOS setup menu, select Console Redirection → Remote Terminal Type → ANSI.

Microsoft telnet requires that you first enable Telnet in Windows Component Services.

After you have enabled telnet, you can connect to the DRAC 4 by performing the following steps:

1Open a command prompt.

2Type telnet <IP address>:<port number> and press <Enter>

(where IP address is the IP address for the DRAC 4 and port number is the telnet port number if it has been changed).

Using a Serial or Telnet Console

NOTE: If you are a Windows XP or Windows 2003 user who is having problems with characters in a DRAC 4 telnet session, go to the support.microsoft.com website, and search the knowledge base for article 824810 for a hot fix for this issue. This problem may manifest itself as an apparently frozen login (the return key does not respond and the password prompt does not appear).

NOTE: With a Windows 2000 management station, pressing the <F2> key does not enter BIOS setup. This problem is resolved by using the telnet client supplied with the Windows Services for UNIX® 3.5 (recommended free download from Microsoft). You can download Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 from www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/downloads/default.asp.

NOTE: When a telnet login attempt is invalid, a single session is counted toward the maximum of four sessions for approximately one minute after the invalid login attempt. If there are already three valid sessions, this invalid session will prevent further login attempts for that minute.

Serial and telnet commands, and racadm CLI can be typed in a serial or telnet console. These commands can be executed on the server locally or remotely. The local racadm CLI is installed for use as a root user only. For more information about the serial/telnet commands and racadm CLI, see "Using the serial and racadm Commands."

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Configuring the DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console