Users Guide

64 Configuring and Using the DRAC 5 Command LIne Console
13 When all specified fields are clear, press <Enter> to exit the Modem Dialing and Parameter Setup
menu.
14 Select Save setup as config_name and press <Enter>.
15 Select Exit From Minicom and press <Enter>.
16 At the command shell prompt, type minicom < Minicom config file name > .
17 To expand the Minicom window to 80 x 25, drag the corner of the window.
18 Press <Ctrl+a>, <z>, <x> to exit Minicom.
NOTE: If you are using Minicom for serial text console redirection to configure the managed system BIOS, it is
recommended to turn on color in Minicom. To turn on color, type the following command in the command prompt:
minicom -c on
Ensure that the Minicom window displays a command prompt such as [DRAC 5\root]#. When the
command prompt appears, your connection is successful and you are ready to connect to the managed
system console using the connect serial command.
Required Minicom Settings for Serial Console Emulation
Use Table 3-10 to configure any version of Minicom.
Configuring HyperTerminal for Serial Console Redirection
HyperTerminal is the Microsoft Windows serial port access utility. To set the size of your console screen
appropriately, use Hilgraeve’s HyperTerminal Private Edition version 6.3.
To configure HyperTerminal for serial console redirection, perform the following steps:
1
Start the HyperTerminal program.
2 Type a name for the new connection and click OK .
3 Next to Connect using: , select the COM port on the management station (for example, COM2) to
which you have connected the DB-9 null modem cable and click
OK .
4 Configure the COM port settings as shown in Table 3-11.
Table 3-10. Minicom Settings for Serial Console Emulation
Setting Description Required Setting
Bps/Par/Bits 57600 8N1
Hardware flow control Yes
Software flow control No
Terminal emulation ANSI
Modem dialing and parameter
settings
Clear the init, reset, connect, and hangup settings so that they are
blank
Window size 80 x 25 (to resize, drag the corner of the window)