Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's Guide

Using SOL from OpenSSH on Linux

1. Start a shell.
2. Connect to iDRAC using the following command: ssh <iDRAC-ip-address> -l <login name>
3. Enter one of the following commands at the command prompt to start SOL:
   • connect
   • console com2

   This connects iDRAC to the managed system’s SOL port. Once a SOL session is established, iDRAC command line console is not available. Follow the escape sequence correctly to open the iDRAC command line console. The escape sequence is also printed on the screen as soon as a SOL session is connected. When the managed system is off, it takes sometime to establish the SOL session.

   NOTE:You can use console com1 or console com2 to start SOL. Reboot the server to establish the connection.

   To view history of the SOL interface, enable Serial Data Capture. It writes all serial data received from the host to iDRAC memory in a 512 KB rolling window. This requires Datacenter license.

4. Quit the SOL session to close an active SOL session.