DRAC on R710: serial console

[Adam Huffman]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 01:26:23PM +0100, Dr A V Le Blanc wrote:
> We've recently got a group of poweredge R710s instead of the 2950s
> we've been using.  I have a few questions about some of the problems
> I've met.
> 
> Is there documentation online for the DRAC in these machines?  It
> doesn't quite work like the 2950 one.

There's some documentation here:

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/idrac/idrac10mono/en/ug/html/index.htm

http://is.gd/14r49

> There doesn't seem to be a connect command.  Can I connect to the
> serial connection as I used to (connect com2), or is this no longer
> supported?
> 

In particular there's a section on serial connections here:

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/idrac/idrac10mono/en/ug/html/racugc5.htm#wp96741

http://is.gd/14r34

Not sure whether they'll answer your questions, but...

Adam

> I'm using Linux on these machines.  Is there any way to send
> Alt-SysRQ codes to them as there was on some older DRACs?  There is
> an Alt-SysRQ item on the menu for the emulated console via a web
> browser, but it doesn't work with the Alt-SysRQ codes.
> 
> On the 2950s I passed the options 'console=tty0 console=ttyS1,57600n8'
> to the kernel at boot time, and I could see the messages when the
> system booted, but this no longer works.  What should be the new
> recommended options?
> 
> I have a getty on ttyS1 which works after a normal boot, but I used
> to be able to boot in single user mode and connect to the console, but
> thus no longer works.  What needs to change?
> 
> Advice gratefully received.
> 
>      -- Owen
> 
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