Re: iDRAC6 Serial Access to RACADM

I usually just ssh to the DRAC IP to run racadm commands


Cameron Smith
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On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Adonis Peralta <[email protected]> wrote:

> For the life of me I can’t figure out how to connect to the iDRAC6 (racadm
> login) (Im on a Dell R710 - iDRAC6 Enterprise) via the serial port. I go
> into the bios and have Serial with Console Redirection to COM2. I then
> Enable RACADM serial via the web gui. I then proceed to try to connect to
> the COM2 serial port via minicom and I just keep getting nothing. Minicom
> says not connected - Just a blank screen. I followed the manual and
> performed the <Esc> + <Shift> <9> command and nothing. I also went into the
> bios and remove the console redirection so that it’d just say Serial
> enabled without console redirection. I then set external console port to
> COM2 and still nothing. Same problem.
>
> I am not trying to connect to the serial console (a display of what the OS
> has). I want to serial into the iDRAC itself so that I can run the racadm
> commands. Looking at the manual it implies this can be done but nothing I
> am trying works.
>
> Thanks,
> Adonis
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