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Figure 37 alt-sysrq from PuTTY

Note, PuTTY has a nice feature that will log all of your session output to a file. Specify that before opening the telnet session.

In certain rare circumstances, the serial data of the 8843 Blade Server may stop flowing. This results in a blank SOL session with only a blinking cursor. When this occurs, simply press the control and q keys (Ctrl+q) at the same time. This key sequence will allow the flow of serial data to resume.

Notes: Telnet sessions with the BladeCenter management module have a default timeout value of 120 seconds. This means the telnet session will remain active indefinitely. This value may be customized to a selectable value within the management module. I would recommend changing the telnet/SOL timeout to "no timeout". Default is 120 seconds. This can be changed via the web interface, under MM Control- >Network Protocols->Telnet Protocol or via the CLI:

system> telnetcfg ? telnetcfg {-t {<secs>}}

Displays and configures the telnet settings for the MM

-t: inactivity timeout in secs (valid value from 0 to 4,294,967,295 seconds)

This command sets it to no timeout: (t=0)

system> telnetcfg -t 0 -T system:mm[1]

Although this says telnet config, it works for both telnet and SOL.

4.9 Netdump

Netdump is a Red Hat specific crash dump facility. Unlike traditional crash dump facilities, this facility dumps memory images to a centralized server via the network. More information on netdump can be found here:

http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/redhat/netdump/

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