Enabling Rac Serial Connection; Enabling Ipmi Serial Connection Basic And Terminal Modes - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

6. Press <Esc> to exit System Setup.

Enabling RAC Serial Connection

After configuring serial connection in BIOS, enable RAC serial in iDRAC7.
NOTE: This is applicable only for iDRAC7 on rack and tower servers.
Enabling RAC Serial Connection Using Web Interface
To enable RAC serial connection:
1. In the iDRAC7 Web interface, go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network → Serial.
The Serial page is displayed.
2. Under RAC Serial, select Enabled and specify the values for the attributes.
3. Click Apply.
The IPMI serial settings are configured.
Enabling RAC Serial Connection Using RACADM
To enable RAC serial connection using RACADM, use any of the following:
• Use the objects in the cfgSerial group with the config command.
• Use the object in the iDRAC.Serial group with the set command.

Enabling IPMI Serial Connection Basic and Terminal Modes

To enable IPMI serial routing of BIOS to iDRAC7, configure IPMI Serial in any of the following modes in iDRAC7:
NOTE: This is applicable only for iDRAC7 on rack and tower servers.
• IPMI basic mode — Supports a binary interface for program access, such as the IPMI shell (ipmish) that is included
with the Baseboard Management Utility (BMU). For example, to print the System Event Log using ipmish via IPMI
Basic mode, run the following command:
ipmish -com 1 -baud 57600 -flow cts -u root -p calvin sel get
• IPMI terminal mode — Supports ASCII commands that are sent from a serial terminal. This mode supports limited
number of commands (including power control) and raw IPMI commands that are typed as hexadecimal ASCII
characters. It allows you to view the operating system boot sequences up to BIOS, when you login to iDRAC7
through SSH or Telnet.
Related Links
Configuring BIOS For Serial Connection
Additional Settings For IPMI Serial Terminal Mode
Enabling Serial Connection Using Web Interface
Make sure to disable the RAC serial interface to enable IPMI Serial.
To configure IPMI Serial settings:
1. In the iDRAC7 Web interface, go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network → Serial.
2. Under IPMI Serial, specify the values for the attributes. For information about the options, see the
Help .
3. Click Apply.
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