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11. At the prompt to save changes and exit, select Yes and press <Enter>.
12. This reboots the server with console redirection enabled. Power down the server and configure
the console.
Console Configuration
1. Boot the console into the operating system.
2. Launch HyperTerminal by clicking on the Start button in the task bar.
3. Select Programs>Accessories>Communications and click HyperTerminal.
4. At the Connection Description window, type guest for the name and click OK.
5. At the Connect To window, select the COM port of the console where the null modem is
connected. In this example, it is COM1.
6. At the COM1 Properties window, select 115200 for the Bits per second (Baud rate) to match
the SMU configuration on the server.
7. Select Hardware for the Flow Control to match the configuration settings for the BIOS Setup
(CTS/RTS is the Hardware flow control).
8. Leave the default settings for the other boxes. Click OK to accept the settings and enter the
HyperTerminal screen.
9. Power on the server. The console starts displaying the redirection once the video synchronizes
on the server.
Terminal Mode
The Terminal Mode feature allows you to directly interface to the server’s Baseboard Management
Controller via a serial port connection and execute text-based commands. Two types of text
commands are supported:
• A limited selection of text commands
• Standard binary IPMI 1.5 hex-ASCII commands
Using the terminal mode feature you can do the following:
• Power the server on or off
• Reset the server
• Retrieve the server’s health status
• Configure and retrieve the server management subsystems boot options
• Configure and retrieve the BMC’s terminal mode configuration
• Execute any platform supported binary command specified in the IPMI v1.5 specification using
the hex-ASCII format
See Terminal Mode Configuration for details about the terminal mode configuration screen.
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