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To use the SoL remote text console function, first connect to the Management
Module from a Telnet or SSH client. You are prompted to enter a user ID and
password. The default user ID is USERID and the default password is
PASSW0RD, where 0 in the default password is a zero. Consider changing the
defaults in a production environment.
There are several different commands that you can use to access the SoL
remote text console function. The most useful commands are listed in Table 5-2.
Table 5-2 Management Module commands for SoL
Command What it does
console Open a SoL remote text console for the blade server. This
command fails if another SoL remote text console is already open
for the blade server.
console -o Terminate any existing SoL remote text console for the blade server
and open a SoL remote text console for the blade server.
boot -c Reset the blade server, and then open a SoL remote text console
for the blade server.
reset -c This is functionally equivalent to the boot -c command when used
in a blade server context.
power -on -c Power on the blade server and then open a SoL remote text
console for the blade server.
power -cycle -c Power on the blade server and then open a SoL remote text
console for the blade server. If the blade server is already powered
on, power it off first, and then power on.
Here are some examples of how to use these commands. To open a SoL remote
text console to the blade server in bay 3, you use the following command:
console -T system:blade[3]
To reset the blade server in bay 2 and then open a SoL remote text console to the
blade server, you use the following command:
boot -c -T system:blade[2]
To terminate an active SoL remote text console, press the Esc key followed by an
open parenthesis (Shift+9 on U.S. keyboards). When the SoL remote text
console ends, you return to the Management Module CLI prompt.
Inactivity timeout
The Management Module CLI has an aggressive default inactivity timeout. If you
do not use the CLI or a SoL remote text console accessed through the CLI for 2
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