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After you start a Telnet or SSH session to the BladeCenter management module
(see the
BladeCenter Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide ),
you can start an SOL session to any individual blade server that supports SOL
using the
console command. Because you can start up to 20 separate Web
interface, Telnet, serial (advanced management module only), or SSH sessions to
the BladeCenter management module, you can have up to 14 simultaneous SOL
sessions with blade servers and 6 command-line interface sessions with other
BladeCenter components active at the same time. available for BladeCenter unit
management. For a BladeCenter T unit, you can have up to 8 simultaneous SOL
sessions with blade servers and 12 command-line interface sessions with other
BladeCenter T components active at the same time.
To start an SOL session from the command line, type the following command,
indicating the target blade server:
console -T system:blade[ x ]
where x is the blade bay where the blade server assembly is installed. (A blade
server that occupies more than one blade bay is identified by the lowest bay
number that it occupies.)
For example, to start an SOL connection to the blade server in blade bay 5, type
console -T system:blade[5]
Note: If an SOL session displays only a flashing cursor in a blank screen, this
indicates an interruption in the flow of serial data. Press Ctrl+q to resume serial
data flow.
Ending an SOL session
To end an SOL session, press Esc followed by an open parenthesis (press Shift and
9 at the same time):
Esc (
When the SOL session ends, the command-line interface returns to the persistent
command target that was in effect before the SOL session. If you want to end the
Telnet or SSH command-line session, type
exit
.
Notes:
1. Exiting an SOL session does not stop the flow of serial data.
2. The keys pressed to end an SOL session and return to the management-module
command line interface can be set to another user-defined keystroke sequence.
See the
BladeCenter Management Module User’s Guide for information.
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