HP xw460c User's Manual
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1. 6 console redirection features 6 control keys 15 E Emergency Management Services 18 EMS Console 6 escape sequences 15 F function keys 15 K keystroke emulation 15 L Linux Red Hat 7 19 20 M Microsoft HyperTerminal 21 33 N NIC network interface controller 30 O operating systems 17 P port settings 14 R RBSU ROM Based Setup Utility 9 RBSU configuration 9 reset keys 15 T terminal emulation support 11 20 V Virtual Serial port 10 VT100 172. Serial Console EMS Support menu in RBSU before installing Windows Server 2003 If you install Windows Server 2003 with EMS disabled and later decide to enable it perform the following steps to update the boot ini file 1 Enable EMS in RBSU 2 Runbootcfg ems on id 1 3 Reboot Linux Red Hat 7 Serial Console Settings If you are using an HP ProLiant BL e Class server each server blade maintains a connection to COM 1 so they are primarily used remotely through the Integrated Administrator To enable BIOS Serial Console for Linux Red Hat 7 OS 1 Remove the line message boot message from etc lilo conf 2 Add the following line to the Linux image specification in ect lilo conf Append console tty0 console ttyS0O 115200 Run sbin lilo to make the changes take effect 4 Add the following line to the end of etc inittab to enable agetty on COM1 ttySO 7 12345 respawn sbin agetty 115200 ttyS0O vt100 5 Set SAFE yes in the file etc sysconfig kudzu so it does not probe the serial port during initialization 6 Add the following line to etc securetty to allow root to log in on the ttyS0 ttySo 7 Reboot the server blade with these new settings 20 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide Linux Red Hat 7 ATA Driver Settings By default Linux Red Hat 7 1 OS uses only the ATA driver in PIO mode for the server blades ATA controller Use the following change to set the driver to use DMA and higher speeds 66 MHz 100 MHz 1 Add i
3. requires OS support and ROM support 6 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide BIOS Serial Console Overview BIOS Serial Console can be enabled in RBSU By default BIOS Serial Console is disabled EMS Support Overview EMS support is a Microsoft feature for the Windows Server 2003 OS which is enabled by default in the OS but which also must be enabled in the system ROM By default EMS support is disabled for ML and DL servers and is enabled for BL servers Refer to Operating System Support on page 17 for more information about using supported OSs Initialization BIOS Serial Console initialization occurs during power up or system reset before the first message is displayed on the screen Connectivity A null modem cable should be connected to one of the serial ports on the server for console redirection Be sure to connect the cable to the serial port that corresponds to the correct COM port on which BIOS Serial Console is enabled The default COM port is COM 1 for systems with BIOS Serial Console enabled by default This setup can be configured in RBSU Refer to RBSU and BIOS Serial Console Configuration on page 9 for COM port settings Console Redirection Features The following console redirection features are discussed in further detail in HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration on page 9 Console Redirection Overview RBSU and BIOS Serial Console Configuration on page 9 Te
4. HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide Da invent July 2004 First Edition Part Number 372432 001 Copyright 2004 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Linux is a U S registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license Hewlett Packard Company shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein The information in this document is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice The warranties for HP products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide July 2004 First Edition Part Number 372432 001 Audience Assumptions This document is for the person who installs administers and troubleshoots servers and storage systems HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained
5. S Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration 15 IMPORTANT Enabling port settings enables console redirection only at POST commands and configuration utilities For information on console redirection of the OS refer to Operating System Support on page 17 NOTE Systems with iLO require version 1 05 iLO firmware or greater to run BIOS Serial Console Keystroke Emulation Because not all terminal emulation programs support function keys or special characters certain keystroke sequences are required for some commands Escape Sequences BIOS Serial Console enables you to manually input unsupported keystrokes by entering escape sequences Each character must be entered within 2 seconds of pressing and holding down the Esc key to emulate the escape sequence 16 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide NOTE You must use escape sequences if the emulation program does not support function keys but they also work if the emulation program does support function keys Refer to the terminal emulation guide to be sure that you may use function keys Function Keys E a lt ESC gt 7 Control Keys Keyboard Entry Defined As lt ESC gt h Reset Key HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration 17 Keyboard Entry Defined As Character Translations in VT100 Mode The VT100 protocol does not support special characters such as line draw characters These characters are translated so that they can be di
6. Stop bits Adal 5 On the Properties screen click the Settings tab 24 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide 6 If using ANSI emulation click Terminal Setup and select ANSI if using VT100 emulation refer to step 9 ANSI is the default setting Properties ConnectTo sett igs Yrinc e wee ke VC Function arrow and ctri keys actas Bac La Jace key sends S Crit De CC Telnet terminal ID Backscroll butter lines IMPORTANT Both the remote and local machines must be set to the same emulation Terminal Emulation Programs 25 7 Select Terminal Settings Terminal Settings Screer Rows Zz Columns E A VT z BES A f a pel Curso C Block Underline KE Blink 8 Click OK to return to the Settings tab and click OK again to complete the HyperTerminal setup process 26 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide 9 If using VT100 emulation click Terminal Setup and select VT100 Properties ConnectTo settings Function arrow and ctrl keys actas fe Terminal keys L indows k Colors connecting or disconnecting IMPORTANT If using VT100 emulation the setting must be changed from the default ANSI setting in RBSU Terminal Emulation Programs 27 10 Select Terminal Settings Click OK to return to the Settings tab Terminal Settings Screen gf e z ES Columns ee Curso Block f Underline M Blink Terminal Modes LI E a jad it a lication mode I
7. T Cursor keypad mode IT Use Windows drivers for emulator printing 11 On the Settings tab click ASCII Setup 28 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide 12 Deselect Wrap lines that exceed terminal width Click OK to return to the Settings tab Then click OK to complete the HyperTerminal setup process ASCII Setup Sending IT Send line ends with line feeds E Echo typed characters locally Line delay 0 milliseconds Chara Je delay H o milliseconds Cll Re SB IVvInG 29 Acronyms and Abbreviations ASR Automatic Server Recovery CLI Command Line Interface ConRep Configuration Replication Utility ECC error checking and correcting EMS Emergency Management Services IDE integrated device electronics iLO Integrated Lights Out IMD Integrated Management Display 20 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide IPL initial program load IRQ interrupt request MPS multi processor specification NIC network interface controller NMI non maskable interrupt ORCA Option ROM Configuration for Arrays PCI peripheral component interface POST Power On Self Test PXE preboot eXecution environment RBSU ROM Based Setup Utility Acronyms and Abbreviations 31 RILOE Remote Insight Lights Out Edition RILOE Il Remote Insight Lights Out Edition II Index A ASR Automatic Server Recovery 29 ATA driver settings 20 baud rate 14 BIOS Serial Console 5 6 C COM port 6 commands 15 connectivity
8. d terminal emulation for console redirection NOTE On some newer servers the BIOS Serial Console default will be AUTO instead of disabled During the boot process the server will check for the presence of a VT100 compatible client running at 9600 Baud connected to the server and automatically will enable the BIOS Serial Console for that boot if one is found This eliminates the need to run RBSU with a local keyboard and monitor attached to enable the BIOS Serial Console feature RBSU displays and modifies the system configuration settings of a server The figures in this section show settings for BIOS Serial Console options on the RBSU menu Except for the following figure these screens are shown with ANSI emulation Press the Enter key while BIOS Serial Console is selected on the RBSU main menu to display the options 10 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide IMPORTANT Settings take effect on the next RBSU prompted reboot but you must disconnect and then reconnect for new settings to take effect on both local and remote machines i ased Setup Utility Version 2 Sopuright 1982 2064 Hewlett Packard Development Croup Bootblock 6372472004 1024MB Memory Configured Proc 1 Intel 3 60CHz 1MB L2 Cache Proc 2 Not Installed MAC address for NIC 1 GOOE7FEE2ZA44 lt Enter gt to View Modify BIOS Serial Console Settings Ct i gt for Different Selection CESC to Exit Utility Virtual Serial Port When enabled Virtual Serial Port pro
9. de0 ata66 to the LILO append line described in step 2 in Linux Red Hat 7 Serial Console Settings on page 19 Append console tty0 console ttyS0 115200 ideO ata66 2 Run sbin lilo to make the changes take effect Linux Red Hat 7 NIC Driver Settings By default Linux Red Hat 7 1 OS uses the eepro100 driver HP has tested the Intel e100 driver and recommends changing to this driver To change the default driver change the lines eepro100 in etc modules conf to e100 For example networking lines in modules conf are lias ethO e100 alias eth1 e100 H This change takes effect at the next reboot Linux Red Hat 7 Services Configuration Change the runlevel configuration of the following services if installed since they are not needed on HP ProLiant BL e Class server blades Chkconfig level 0123456 apmd off Chkconfig level 0123456 gpm off Terminal Emulation Programs Console redirection is supported using many terminal emulation programs Any terminal emulation program can be used with BIOS Serial Console and with OS console redirection Terminal Emulation Programs 21 Microsoft HyperTerminal Setup Because Microsoft HyperTerminal is a widely used terminal emulation program examples of HyperTerminal 6 3 setup screens follow to aid in the initialization process Be sure that the remote terminal screen settings match the screens in this section If using an emulation program other than HyperTer
10. gen reent E Eege enee eneen 6 Console Redirection Features c iccccccsssccocsossccocsssaccsecsaecsen save coossase cass oan REENEN cde save coosaiecdescasecsos canes 6 Purpose The purpose of console redirection is to provide the capability to remotely manage a server in a headless environment Through BIOS Serial Console redirection you can see POST messages navigate option ROM such as ORCA setup menus and use RBSU through a serial connection to the server COM port The local keyboard and monitor are no longer required to set up or configure the system The remote server setup and configuration can also be performed remotely through the terminal server iLO Management Processor or RILOE board Some OSs support console redirection as well IMPORTANT For documentation purposes the local server refers to the one that you are remotely configuring Though this local server does not require a keyboard and monitor you will need a keyboard and monitor on the system you are using to enter BIOS Serial Console commands NOTE This document is designed to provide information for BIOS Serial Console on any compatible server It is generic in nature and therefore may contain options that are not valid on all servers Introduction Two separate technologies enable console redirection The first BIOS Serial Console is the focus of this document and can be enabled in the ROM The other is console redirection through the OS such as EMS support and
11. in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels Contents Console Redirection Overview 5 PULP OSG r Siete E ae ee Mise hati dial ene senha Gia as Mecsas ees 5 Tru e EE J BIOS Serial Consol OVerview 2 nenten nen ea AE E aida E AR 6 Lk Een OR e 6 Ir EE e E 6 COMME ELV IEG g ie e eset sevens saved tue dee ceva aerer eegend det EEE eae serene eat 6 Console ReditectiOn Features lea a a AS 6 HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration 9 RBSU and BIOS Serial Console Confteuraton 9 Virt al Seral e GEET 10 Terminal Emulation Support 11 Baud Rates EE 14 Port Setting Sisoridae iR A E EE EA coded ty dunes Ee Edge EE eege 14 Keystroke Emulation a e e E e E E E AE EEN 15 LEE 15 Character Translations in VT100 Mode 17 Operating System eppOrt ui te be ee Ae a ade ee lee el eee ee ae SEO 17 Emergency Management SETVE Swee iire Duterte dee 18 Linux Red Hat 7 Serial Console Seting S seriinin a a a a aari 19 Linux Red Hat 7 ATA Driver Settings eseeeseseeessesesesssseseressesessreestrteesestseesenteeseseseeseseseses 20 Linux Red Hat 7 NIC Driver Settings eesseeeeeeesseeeeresssessrreststesteestetesesrertseststerestseseeseseeeeses 20 Linux Red Hat 7 Services Confteuraton 20 Terminal Emulation Programs 20 Microsoft HyperTerminal Sep 21 Acronyms and Abbreviations 29 Index 33 Console Redirection Overview In This Section et ve TEE 5 tg e e lege EEN 5 Kart P21 SV A21 61 0 EE 6 COMMECUIVICY eene
12. minal refer to the software reference material for settings information NOTE For information on additional settings through Microsoft Windows Server 2003 go to the Microsoft website http Awww microsoft com hwdev headless NOTE Microsoft HyperTerminal settings must match BIOS Serial Console settings Access the OS terminal settings or RBSU to change the default settings 1 To access the font screen select the View menu from the HyperTerminal main screen and then click Font Select Terminal Font Font Terminal 8514oem Courier Italic O Courier New Bold Fixedsys Bold italic O Lucida Console P MS Mincho Sample AaBb Script 2 Access connection settings from the HyperTerminal main screen by selecting the File menu and then clicking Properties 22 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide 3 On the Connect To tab click Configure to display the Port Settings tab Enter the area code without the long distance prefix Area code RH 3 Phone number Connect using Configure Use country region code and area EI 0 IV r Bedial on busy OK Cancel NOTE If using a notebook computer the Connect using field should be set to COM1 or COM2 depending on your configuration COM1 is the HP default setting Terminal Emulation Programs 23 4 Select Port Settings Then click OK to return to the Properties screen COM1 Properties Bits per se opd
13. not be supported when BIOS Serial Console is enabled or in use due to limited compatibility with VT100 The menu based RBSU interface will continue to be supported automatically in modes in which BIOS Serial Console is disabled or not in use Refer to the HP ROM Based Setup Utility User Guide available on the HP website http www hp com servers smartstart for more information on CLI 12 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide Press the Enter key while Terminal Emulation Mode is selected to display the emulation mode options Select the option that matches the terminal emulation program being used BIOS Serial Console is designed to support most terminal emulation programs No special version of a terminal emulation program is required although the emulation modes supported may vary by vendors To avoid compatibility problems only the core set of VT100 and ANSI terminal emulation is used in BIOS Serial Console Although this limits some capabilities this protocol guarantees the maximum compatibility across different platforms and vendors NOTE On some newer servers emulation will be limited to VT100 compatibility Default settings for terminal emulation and baud rate can be changed through the ProLiant BL e Class Integrated Administrator for the current session only Refer to the HP ProLiant BL e Class Integrated Administrator User Guide for more information HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration 13 Some ne
14. rminal Emulation Support on page 11 Baud Rate on page 14 Port Settings on page 14 Keystroke Emulation on page 15 Escape Sequences on page 15 Character Translation in VT100 Mode Keystroke Emulation on page 15 Operating System Support on page 17 Emergency Management Services on page 18 Linux Red Hat Linux Red Hat 7 Serial Console Settings on page 19 Terminal Emulation Programs on page 20 Microsoft HyperTerminal Microsoft HyperTerminal Setup on page 21 7 HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration In This Section RBSU and BIOS Serial Console Configuration ceicesceseceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeecaaecnaeenaeenaeens 9 Keystroke Blatt ia cise catesitedasevsevecctuysnccatiecscyigebouaes DEENEN Eug ENEN 15 SE UE 13 Character Translations in VT100 Mode 17 Operating System SUpport scssi iiir ii aai iiaa 17 Emergency Management Services ices EEN eENE See ter Kerei KEN ERREEN EEE EEREN ENEE ENEE 18 Linux Red Hat 7 Serial Console Settings 0 eee ceecesceseceseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeecaaecsaecsaecsseesseeseeaes 19 RBSU and BIOS Serial Console Configuration BIOS Serial Console supports console redirection of POST error messages and configuration utilities and is disabled in the ROM by default EMS support is enabled in the OS by default but also requires system ROM support This section takes you through RBSU configuration basic OS initialization an
15. splayed on the VT100 screen Character translation is used for improved VT100 screen display and has no effect on functionality of BIOS Serial Console Currently the special characters in the table are translated into VT100 characters using VT100 protocol Special Character Translated Into Line draw character upper left corner Line draw character lower left corner Line draw character upper right corner Line draw character lower right corner Line draw character horizontal line Line draw character vertical line Operating System Support Some OSs offer console redirection within the OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Linux can be configured for console redirection 18 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide When Enable Local is selected the OS redirects through the local serial port When Enable Remote is selected the OS redirects through iLO or RILOE II Data becomes available through the browser configured for iLO instead of through the serial port Enabling remotely requires iLO 1 10 firmware or later M Based Setup Utility Version 2 18 Sopuright 1982 2063 Hewlet ackard Development Company L P i HP ProLiant BIOS Serial Console Port S N ROMOAPSHE7450002 Is Serial Console Baud Rate Product ID opq 7 ENG Console HP BIOS PSO 8371772004 II Interface Mode Backup Version 60371772004 e Bootblock 61787720604 40Q96MB Memory Configured Proc l Intel 3 00GHz 1MB L2 Cache Proc 2 No
16. t Installed MAC address for NIC 1 GOOE7F2254AAR lt T 1 gt Changes Configuration Selection Enter Saves Selection lt ESC gt to Cancel NOTE Currently Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Linux and FreeBSD are the only OSs with console redirection support Linux and FreeBSD allow for generic Serial Console sessions and Windows Server 2003 includes EMS NOTE The Japanese character set multi byte character set does not display on BIOS Serial Console screens Do not select Japanese as the language display Emergency Management Services EMS support provides input output support for all Microsoft Windows kernel components the loader setup recovery console OS kernel blue screens and the Special Administration Console The Special Administration Console is a text mode management console available after Windows Server 2003 OS has initialized For more information on EMS support go to the Microsoft website http www microsoft com hwdev headless HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration 19 Microsoft enables EMS support in the OS but EMS support also requires ROM support EMS support when enabled assumes the serial port for redirection and may cause interference with other devices attached to the serial port To avoid interference EMS is disabled in the system ROM by default on ML and DL servers To enable this feature Enable Local or Enable Remote must be selected under the BIOS
17. vides remote access through the iLO management controller to BIOS Serial Console HP BIOS Serial Console EMS Support Settings and Configuration 11 For detailed information about iLO configurations refer to the HP Integrated Lights Out User Guide on the Documentation CD or to the HP website http www hp com servers lights out RO ight 1982 2004 Hewlett Packerd Development Croup L OS Selection Embedded COM Port A Embedded COM Port B Embedded LPT Port Backup Version 06 02 2004 Virtual Serial Port Bootblock 8372472004 Embedded LPT Mode Support 1024MB Memory Configured Proc l Intel 3 60CHz 1MB L2 Cache dh 2 Not Installed C address for NIC 1 GOOE7FEE2AR44 USB 2 0 Controller lt t l gt Changes Configuration Selection Enter Saves Selection lt ESC gt to Cancel Terminal Emulation Support BIOS Serial Console supports ANSI and VT100 terminal emulation Although the screens displayed in this guide show the ANSI console for clarity VT100 is supported by all terminal emulation programs It should be chosen if the terminal emulation program is running in VT100 mode BIOS Serial Console will support a CLI for RBSU and other embedded ROM utilities on select new servers for faster more compatible display with VT100 and compatible terminals On these newer servers BIOS Serial Console support will default to Enabled VT100 9600 Baud for maximum compatibility with VT100 users ANSI emulation and the menu based RBSU interface may
18. w servers which use CLI and are configured using BIOS Serial Console will display a command prompt screen ROM Based Setup Utility Version 2 00 Copyright 2002 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Type HELP to display a list of valid commands P lt command gt lt TREE gt displays detailed information about a given command of commands rbsuw gt E 14 HP BIOS Serial Console User Guide Baud Rate Press the Enter key while BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate is selected to display the baud rate The default setting is 9600 when BIOS Serial Console is enabled by default This setting can be configured in RBSU ased Setup Utility Version Z LE puright 1982 2003 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P e HP ProLiant BIOS Serial Console Port S H ROMOQAPSOE7450002 BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate Product ID opq ENG Console HP BIOS P50 0371772004 Backup Version 0371772004 Bootblock 61 07 2004 4096MB Memory Configured Proc 1l Intel 3 00CHz 1MB L2 Cache Proc 2 Not Installed MAC address for NIC 1 GOOHE7F2254AA Kt l gt Changes Configuration Selection Enter Saves Selection lt ESC gt to Cancel Port Settings Press the Enter key while BIOS Serial Console Port is selected to display the port settings When BIOS Serial Console is enabled by default the default port setting is COM1 BIOS Serial Console is disabled by default To enable port settings select the COM port used for serial console redirection HP BIO
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