HP Integrated Lights-Out 4 - Manual (Page 216)

the changes become stable on the screen. You can control or disable smoothing by using the
delay option. For example:
textcons speed 500 delay 10
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To configure character mapping:
In the ASCII character set, CONTROL characters (ASCII characters less than 32) are not
printable and are not displayed. These characters can be used to represent items such as
arrows, stars, or circles. Some of the characters are mapped to equivalent ASCII
representations.
Table 16 (page 216) lists the supported equivalents.
Table 16 Character equivalents
Mapped equivalent Description Character value
Small dot 0x07
Sun 0x0F
> Right pointer 0x10
< Left pointer 0x11
^ Up arrow 0x18
v Down arrow 0x19
< Left arrow 0x1A
> Right arrow 0x1B
^ Up pointer 0x1E
v Down pointer 0x1F
Blank space Shaded block 0xFF
Using the Text-based Remote Console
1. Use SSH to connect to iLO.
Make sure that the terminal application character encoding is set to Western (ISO-8859-1).
2. Log in to iLO.
3. At the prompt, enter textcons.
A message appears, indicating that the Text-based Remote Console is initiating.
To exit the Text-based Remote Console and return to the CLI session, press Esc+Shift+9.
Using Linux with the Text-based Remote Console
You can run the Text-based Remote Console on a Linux system that is configured to present a
terminal session on the serial port. This feature enables you to use a remote logging service. You
can log on to the serial port remotely and redirect output to a log file. Any system messages directed
to the serial port are logged remotely.
Some keyboard combinations that Linux requires in text mode might not be passed to the Text-based
Remote Console—for example, the client might intercept the Alt+Tab keyboard combination.
Using iLO Virtual Media
iLO Virtual Media provides an iLO Virtual Floppy/USB key and Virtual CD/DVD-ROM , which can
be used to boot a remote host server from standard media anywhere on the network. Virtual Media
devices are available when the host system is booting. Virtual Media devices connect to the host
server by using USB technology.
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