Installation Manual

Table 7 Character equivalents
Mapped equivalentDescriptionCharacter value
Small dot0x07
Sun0x0F
>Right pointer0x10
<Left pointer0x11
^Up arrow0x18
vDown arrow0x19
<Left arrow0x1A
>Right arrow0x1B
^Up pointer0x1E
vDown pointer0x1F
Blank spaceShaded block0xFF
Using the Text-based Remote Console
1. Use SSH to connect to iLO.
Make sure that the terminal application character encoding is set to Western (ISO-8859-1).
2. Log in to iLO.
3. At the prompt, enter textcons.
A message appears, indicating that the Text-based Remote Console is initiating.
To exit the Text-based Remote Console and return to the CLI session, press Esc+Shift+9.
Using Linux with the Text-based Remote Console
You can run the Text-based Remote Console on a Linux system that is configured to present a
terminal session on the serial port. This feature enables you to use a remote logging service.
You can log on to the serial port remotely and redirect output to a log file. Any system messages
directed to the serial port are logged remotely.
Some keyboard combinations that Linux requires in text mode might not be passed to the
Text-based Remote Console. For example, the client might intercept the Alt+Tab keyboard
combination.
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