Serial over LAN
{{Short description|A mechanism that allows the serial port of a managed system to be redirected over IP}}
Serial over LAN (SOL) is a mechanism that enables the input and output of the serial port of a managed system to be redirected over IP on a local area network (LAN).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1BVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Serial+over+LAN%22+%22serial+port%22 |title=Sys Admin: The Journal for UNIX System Administrators, Volume 14 |publisher=R & D Publications |date=2005 }}
Details
On some managed systems, notably blade server systems, the serial ports on the managed computers are not normally connected to a traditional serial port socket. To allow users to access applications on these computers via the serial port, the input/output of the serial port is redirected to the network. For example, a user wishing to access a blade server via the serial port can telnet to a network address and log in. On the blade server the login will be seen as coming through the serial port.
SOL is implemented as a payload type under the RMCP+ protocol in IPMI.[http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm IPMI Specifications]
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External links
- [http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html IPMI Technical Resources]
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Category:Out-of-band management
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