Starting an SOL session

Start an SOL session from a client computer through the management-module command-line interface by establishing a Telnet connection to the IP address of the management module, by setting up a session with the management module serial port (advanced management module only), or by establishing a Secure Shell (SSH) connection. You can establish up to 20 separate Web interface, Telnet, serial (advanced management module only), or SSH sessions with a BladeCenter® management module. For a BladeCenter unit, this enables you to have 14 simultaneous SOL sessions active (one for each of up to 14 blade servers) with 6 additional command-line interface sessions available for BladeCenter unit management. For a BladeCenter T unit, this enables you to have 8 simultaneous SOL sessions active (one for each of up to 8 blade servers) with 12 additional command-line interface sessions available for BladeCenter unit management. See the BladeCenter Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide for information about the management-module command-line interface.

This section provides the following instructions:

Note: When using a Microsoft Windows client to make an SOL connection to a server running a Linux or Unix operating system, you might experience problems such as double command prompts or an inability to issue commands that execute correctly. If this happens, change the terminal emulation software being used on the Windows client to map the Enter key as a carriage return (hex 0x0D) instead of the carriage return and line feed combination. Linux and Unix operating systems require only a carriage return to terminate commands in the CLI.