Accessing the UEFI Shell from a serial console connection
Prerequisite
Your terminal software must use a Unicode character set (for example: UTF-8).
NOTE:
When accessing the Shell from a serial console, English is the only available language for input and output.
- Boot the server.
- Open a connection in an SSH client application using the IP address of the server.
- Leave the SSH port as 22.
-
At the login prompt, enter your user name and password.
The
hpiLO->
prompt appears. -
Enter
vsp
, and then press Enter to open the virtual serial port.The
Shell>
prompt appears. - Enter the commands required to complete your task.
-
Enter
exit
to exit the Shell.
login as: username
@<ip address>'s password: password
User: logged-in to <server path> / <server MAC address>
iLO 4 Standard 1.30 at January 16 2014
Server Name:
Server Power: On
hpiLO-> vsp
Virtual Serial Port Active: COM2
Starting virtual serial port.
Press 'ESC (' to return to the CLI Session.
Shell>