pe840 drac4 serial access?

[John McMonagle]

Found the problem.

Read the documentation :)

Need to set in the bios serial port to RAC.


John McMonagle wrote:

> I have no problem with drac5. I have a 2950 and it works just fine.
> For that matter I just reinstalled onto a  2650 with drac3 and it 
> works with no problems.
> In that  case I just do a "connect video" after  telneting in.
>
> Odd thing in this drac4 "connect video" is not available. I have a 
> couple other  drac4s  but they are  installs with an older openmanage 
> and have "connect video" available.
>
> The annoying thing is after  after doing a connect  com2  or com1 the 
> escape does not work and the only way to get out of it is to reset the 
> drac.
>
> As this is a new box suppose I should call support.
> Was hopping to avoid the support lottery :(
>
> John
>
>
>
> In the
>
> Linux PowerEdge wrote:
>
>> I've not had direct experience with the PE840/DRAC4 but here's what
>> I've been using on PE2950/DRAC5.  I have not configured a DRAC4 serial
>> console redirection in about a year but when I moved to the DRAC5 I
>> only needed to make slight modifications (if any) to get the same
>> serial console redirection through it using "connect com2" so
>> hopefully you will find this helpful if nothing else than for
>> reference.
>>
>> This config is what works for the RHEL-based distros; hopefully it'll
>> translate easily for your debian installation.
>>
>> *****************************
>>  
>>
>>> Here's what i use.  maybe you can get some use out of it too.
>>>
>>> I've configured the appropriate settings to perform serial console
>>> redirection to the drac.  with that i can ssh to the drac and run
>>> 'connect com2' to see the serial console (BIOS, grub, and OS level).
>>> also, once ssh into the DRAC you can manage it using 'racadm' commands
>>> (i use it for power management on/off/cycle of the system).
>>>
>>> The serial config on support.dell's documentation didnt seem to be
>>> 100% so here's what i ended up with for my systems:
>>>
>>> *************************************
>>> BIOS:
>>>      on with console redirection via com2
>>>      remote access device
>>>      57600
>>>      vt100/vt220
>>>      enabled
>>>
>>> DRAC:
>>>      racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialBaudRate 57600
>>>      racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialConsoleEnable 1
>>>
>>>
>>> grub.conf:
>>>      serial --unit=0 --speed=57600
>>>      terminal --timeout=10 console serial
>>>      #splashimage ...
>>>      #hiddenmenu
>>>
>>>      kernel ... console=ttyS1,57600 console=tty0
>>>
>>>
>>> inittab:
>>>      s1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 57600
>>>
>>> securetty:
>>>      ttyS1
>>> *************************************
>>> racadm command guide:
>>> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/drac5/OM5.2/en/ug/racugaa.htm#wp30007 
>>>
>>>
>>> with the above, i dont even worry about the "graphical" console
>>> redirection using the drac5 web service.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> *****************************
>>
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>> On Jan 28, 2008 4:20 PM, John McMonagle <johnm at advocap.org> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Have a new pe840 with drac4 .
>>> Using debian etch. I installed the debian openmanage  5.3.0-9 package.
>>> That seems to be working.
>>> Have the rac serial set like this:
>>> #  racadm getconfig -g cfgSerial
>>> cfgSerialBaudRate=57600
>>> cfgSerialConsoleEnable=1
>>> cfgSerialConsoleQuitKey=<CR>~.
>>> cfgSerialConsoleIdleTimeout=0x12c
>>> cfgSerialConsoleShellType=0x2
>>> cfgSerialConsoleNoAuth=0
>>> cfgSerialConsoleCommand=
>>> cfgSerialTelnetEnable=1
>>> cfgSerialCom2RedirEnable=1
>>> cfgSerialTelnet7fIsBackspace=0
>>> cfgSerialSshEnable=1
>>> cfgSerialHistorySize=0x2000
>>>
>>> I tried with and without getty on ttyS1
>>>
>>> The web console does work but want to get text mode acces via 
>>> connecting
>>> to the drac and connect com2 and/or ipmi sol.
>>>
>>> On an older drac4 box noticed that this is running
>>> "/opt/dell/srvadmin/rac/bin/racsvc -d /dev/ttyS1"
>>> But I see no racsvc or racadm for that matter?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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