Enabling SOL for blade servers

SOL must be enabled both globally for the BladeCenter® unit (see Configuring the global SOL settings for the BladeCenter unit) and individually for each blade server where you plan to start an SOL session.

Note: Make sure that console redirection is enabled for your blade server, with port 2 (COM 2) specified as the remote console port. Remote console configuration information for the HS20 Type 8832, HS20 Type 8843, and HS40 Type 8839 blade servers is in Special component requirements. See the Installation and User's Guide for your blade server for information about configuring blade server BIOS settings such as console redirection.

Complete the following steps to enable SOL for a blade server:

Start the BladeCenter management-module Web interface (see Starting the BladeCenter management-module Web interface).
Complete the following steps to enable SOL on the blade servers:
1. In the navigation pane, click Blade Tasks → Serial Over LAN; then, scroll to the Serial Over LAN Status section.
2. Select each blade server that will have SOL enabled; then, click or select Enable Serial Over LAN. (For advanced management modules, you will also need to click Perform Action.) Selecting the check box at the top of the status table selects all blade servers. The SOL column of the table will show a status of Enabled for each of the blade servers that was selected. The SOL Session column of the table indicates a status of Not Ready for each of the blade servers that was selected.
3. To disable SOL for a blade server, select each blade server that will have SOL disabled; then, click or select Disable Serial Over LAN. (For advanced management modules, you will also need to click Perform Action.) Selecting the check box at the top of the status table selects all blade servers. The SOL column of the table will show a status of Disabled for each of the blade servers that was selected.
Note: The blade server SOL status periodically updates itself automatically; however, you can refresh the window for an immediate display of updated status.
Complete the following steps to power-on or restart the blade servers on which SOL was enabled:
1. In the navigation pane, click Blade Tasks → Power/Restart.
2. Select each blade server on which SOL was enabled; then, click either Power On Blade or Restart Blade, depending on the current status of the blade servers.
3. Click OK twice to confirm.
Complete the following steps to check the SOL status of the blade servers (see Monitoring SOL session status for more information):
1. In the navigation pane, click Blade Tasks → Serial Over LAN; then, scroll to the Serial Over LAN Status section.
2. Make sure that the SOL Session column of the table shows a status of Ready. For the BladeCenter HS20 Type 8832 blade server, if the SOL Session column does not show a status of Ready, make sure that the J28 jumper on the blade server is in the correct position. See HS20 Type 8832 SOL jumper placement for information.