Dell POWEREDGE 1955 User Manual

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General System Configuration

6 Click File→ Properties and click the Settings tab.
7 Set the Telnet terminal ID: to VT100.
8 Click Terminal Setup and set Screen Rows to 25.
9 Set Columns to 80 and click OK.

10 Click ASCII Setup..., select Wrap lines that exceed terminal width, and click OK.

See "Using a Serial or Telnet Console" on page 17 for information on using the serial console.

Connecting to the DRAC/MC Using XTerm for Telnet Console Redirection (Red Hat Enterprise Linux
and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server)

NOTE:

When you are using the connect server-x command through a Telnet console to display the

System Setup screens, set the terminal type to VT100 in System Setup for the Telnet session.

NOTE:

Telnet is disabled on the DRAC/MC by default. To enable Telnet, use either the Web-based user

interface Configuration tab, or use the cfgSerial object to configure the DRAC/MC using the RACADM
CLI. For more information, see the Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis User's Guide.

When running Telnet with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, perform
the following steps:

NOTE:

To ensure that the text is properly displayed, use an Xterm window to display the Telnet console

instead of the default window provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
installation.

1 Connect the null modem cable to the serial port on the DRAC/MC module and to the client

system.

2 To start a new Xterm session, type xterm & at the command prompt.
3 Resize the window to 80 x 25 prior to using Telnet.
4 To connect to the DRAC/MC, at the Xterm prompt, type telnet

address>

NOTE:

The DRAC/MC default IP address is

192.168.0.120.

Table 1-3.

COM Properties Dialog Box Port Settings

Setting Description

Required Setting

Bits per second:

115200

Data bits:

Parity:

None

Stop bits:

Flow control:

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