Re: Dell DRAC and OpenBSD 4.5 -stable AMD64

> i have this in /etc/ttys:
>
> tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"  vt220   on  secure
>
> dlg
>
> On 10/07/2009, at 7:07 PM, Vijay Sankar wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Vijay Sankar, M.Eng., P.Eng.
>> ForeTell Technologies Limited
>> 59 Flamingo Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J 0X6
>> Phone: (204) 885-9535, E-Mail: vsankar@...
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