Dell Poweredge 2950, IPMI and remote console

[Morten W. Petersen]

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Hi :)

I have a PE 2950 which supports IPMI v 2.  What I'd like to do is get
console access, using ipmitool.

"ipmitool [...] sol activate" works, but I guess I'm missing a piece of
the puzzle, as it just gives me this:

[SOL Session operational.  Use ~? for help]
~?
	Supported escape sequences:
	~.  - terminate connection
	~^Z - suspend ipmitool
	~^X - suspend ipmitool, but don't restore tty on restart
	~B  - send break
	~?  - this message
	~~  - send the escape character by typing it twice
	(Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after newline.)
SOL session closed by BMC

Any tips?

TIA,

Morten
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