Troubleshooting SOL

This section contains some troubleshooting hints and tips to assist you in solving problems that you might be experiencing with Serial over LAN operation. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ for the latest information about solving problems with SOL. Information in this section relates to the following topics:

Note: If you are using management channel auto discovery (MCAD), replace references to I/O-module bay 1 in the following procedures with the I/O module bay number that is actually being used (see the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module User's Guide for additional information about MCAD).

Management module indicates that blade server does not support SOL
Blade server shows SOL status of Not Ready
SOL session opens and drops
Trouble entering SOL commands or receiving double prompts
Garbage characters in an SOL session