Re: Dell DRAC and OpenBSD 4.5 -stable AMD64

> Thanks very much for your detailed answer. Really appreciate that. I
> now see output through ssh. Unfortunately, it looks like the
> following:
>
> s!!eBwRs!ow1u))BwRs!GDbu1'wd
>                           tGsO)
> g$
>
> I tried reducing the baud rate to 9600 but then the output looked
> like the following
>
> ```````````````````````````````
>
> So then I tried each of the settings under the "Failsafe Baud Rate"
> setting (57600, 19200) and those did not work either.
>
> Is there something I should do in /etc/ttys ?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Vijay
>
> David Gwynne wrote:
>> On 10/07/2009, at 11:37 AM, Vijay Sankar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a Dell PE2950 server with DRAC 5 running OpenBSD 4.5 AMD64.
>>> I would like to remotely access the console using an SSH session
>>> to the DRAC IP address. I am hoping someone can help me with this.
>>>
>>> This is what I have so far.
>>>
>>> On the Server's Setup, under Serial Communications I have the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> Serial Communication: On with Console Redirection via COM2
>>> External Serial Connector: Remote Access Device
>>> Failsafe Baud Rate: 115200
>>> Remote Terminal Type: VT100/Vt220
>>> Redirection after Boot: Enabled
>>
>> you need to set redirection after boot to disabled.
>>
>>> From my OpenBSD Desktop, I am able to do a root@... and
>>> get the following:
>>>
>>> Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5)
>>> Firmware Version 1.40 (Build 08.08.22)
>>>
>>> $
>>>
>>> I can do a "connect com2" but can't get the console text appear
>>> within the ssh session.
>>
>> make sure you've configured the drac to support console redirection
>> too (this is separate to the bios config). use the following
>> commands to set it up:
>>
>> racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialBaudRate 115200
>> racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialConsoleEnable 1
>> racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialSshEnable 1
>> racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialHistorySize 2000
>>
>> once that is done and you have the boot.conf below, you can use
>> connect com2.
>>
>>> I tried "set tty com1" in /etc/boot.conf and that did not work. Is
>>> it possible to get the console send its output to com2 and have
>>> that accessed through DRAC's IP? Or is there some other way to
>>> access the OpenBSD console through DRAC?
>>
>> you need the following in boot.conf:
>>
>> stty com1 115200
>> set tty com1
>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>
>> npz
>>
>
>
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