Dell's DRAC to console ?

czezz · 05-25-2016, 08:14 AM

Hi, does any one succeeded to connect from DRAC to console ?
Normally I should be able to connect from DRAC to console (reach login prompt of my RHEL) by executing following:

Code:

/admin1-> connect com2
cmdstat
        status       : 2
        status_tag   : COMMAND PROCESSING FAILED
        error        : 253
        error_tag    : COMMAND NOT RECOGNIZED

but in my case command connect is not even recognized.
Any one went through that ?

Wells · 05-25-2016, 09:02 AM

Is RHEL setup to take a serial console via COM2 (ttyS1)?

czezz · 05-27-2016, 05:29 AM

Hi Wells,
RHEL is not set up yet.
What makes me worrie more is that connect is not recognized. No matter if I specify com[x] or not.

czezz · 01-10-2017, 05:22 AM

UPDATE:

Code:

new OS: ESXi 5.5
Command to connect: console com2

This is my Serial settings (BIOS > Serial Communication): https://www.dropbox.com/s/2lb4rx17le...ation.PNG?dl=0
I access CONSOLE via SSH. Once Im there I execute:

Code:

/admin1-> console com2

Once the machine is rebooted/started up I can see POST process and even can access BIOS.
Its all good until ESXi starts up. Then screen covers with some random characters.
Have a look at the terminal history:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rd3qw29eln...story.log?dl=0

What can be still wrong? Did anyone managed to make it work?