Using iLO 2 100
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Other text-based operating systems
Text mode screen support does not include graphics, other VGA text resolutions (132x48, 80x48),
or other text resolutions implemented through a driver (implemented graphically).
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Remote Console hot keys
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International language keyboards (if the server and client system are configured similarly)
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Line-drawing characters when correct font and code-page are selected in the client application
To use the iLO 2 Text Console feature successfully, you must update the HOST ROM. iLO 2 supports iLO 2
Text Console on the HP ProLiant BL460c G1, BL480c G1, ML350 G5, DL360 G5, ML370 G5, DL380
G5, BL680 G5, and DL580 G5 Servers.
Using iLO Text Console
To start an iLO 2 Text Console session:
1.
Start an SSH or telnet session.
Be sure the terminal application character encoding is set to Western (ISO-8859-1).
2.
Log in to iLO 2.
3.
At the prompt, enter
textcons
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A message indicating that the iLO 2 Text Console software is initiating appears.
To exit a iLO 2 Text Console and return to the CLI session, press the
ESC (
keys simultaneously.
Customizing iLO 2 Text Console
When starting iLO 2 Text Console, use the
textcons
command options and arguments to customize the
operation of the display. In general, you do not need to change these options.
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Controlling rate of sampling
You can use the
textcons speed
option to indicate in milliseconds the between sampling periods.
A sampling period is where the iLO 2 firmware examines screen changes and updates the iLO 2
Text Console. Adjusting the speed can alleviate unnecessary traffic on long or slow network links,
reduce the bandwidth used, and reduce iLO 2 CPU time consumed. Reasonable values are between
1 and 5000 (1ms to 5 seconds). For example:
textcons speed 500
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Controlling smoothing
iLO 2 attempts to only transmits data when it changes and becomes stable on the screen. If a line of
the text screen is constantly changing faster than iLO 2 can sample the change, the line is not be
transmitted until it becomes stable. For example, during an
ls -R
of a large file-system, the physical
monitor displays text more rapidly than it can be interpreted. The same is true for a iLO 2 Text
Console session. In this case, the data is displayed rapidly, and is essentially indecipherable. In this
case however, the data is transmitted by iLO 2 across the network and consuming bandwidth. The
default behavior is smoothing (delay 0) which only transmits data when the changes become stable
on the screen. You can control or disable smoothing feature using the delay option. For example:
textcons speed 500 delay 10
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Controlling international keyboard support
When using iLO 2 Text Console, iLO 2 can emulate character mapping between the client, telnet,
and the server. The default mapping is the USB 101-keyboard translation (or no translation).
