solterm(1) IPMI Serial over LAN program solterm(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

solterm - An IPMI Serial over LAN program

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**solterm**

**<connection parms>** \[**-e** *escape\_char*] \[**-notencrypted**] \[**-notauthenticated**] \[**-bitrate** *(9600|19200|38400|57600|115200)*] \[**-alerts** *(succeed|defer|fail)*] \[**-holdoff**] \[**-ack-retries** *n*] \[**-ack-timeout** *microseconds*] \[**-v**] \[**-q**]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **solterm** program allows a user to make a remote serial connection over IPMI. The requires that the remote system support IPMI 2.0 Serial Over LAN.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**<connection parms>**

The parameters for the connection depend on the connection type. These are all described in [openipmi\_conparms (7)](/man/os/openipmi/openipmi_conparms.7)

[**-e escape\_char**](#e)

The character to use to escape, or exit, the program. Entering this chatacter right after a newline is entered causes the program to go into command mode. A single character after this performs a command. The default escape character is "~" as shown below. Suppported commands are:

~.

Terminate the program

~B

Send a serial BREAK over the connection

~F

Flush all buffers

~R

Assert the Ring Indicator (RI) line

~r

Deassert the Ring Indicator (RI) line

~D

Assert DCD and DSR lines

~d

Deassert DCD and DSR lines

~C

Pause the output using CTS

~c

Put CTS under BMC control

~?

Help on escape commands

~~

Enter the escape character twice to send it.

[**-notencrypted**](#notencrypted)

Do not encrypt the SOL data going over the connection.

[**-notauthenticated**](#notauthenticated)

Do not do integrity checks on the SOL data going over the connection.

[**-bitrate**](#bitrate)

Set the bitrate to the given value. The default is whatever the BMC has set it to.

[**-alerts**](#alerts)

This specifies what to do if a alert that requires a callout occurs on the line.

[succeed](#succeed)

specifies that serial/modem alerts are to succeed while SoL is active.

[deferred](#deferred)

specifies that serial/modem alerts are to be deferred for the duration of the SoL session.

[fail](#fail)

specifies that serial/modem alerts automatically fail during the SoL session. This is the default.

[**-holdoff**](#holdoff)

Specifies that CTS, DTR, and DSR are to be deasserted at the start of the SoL session so that the configuration may be modifeid before the handshake is released.

[**-v**](#v)

Be more verbose. Maybe specified multiple time for more output.

[**-q**](#q)

Be less verbose. Maybe specified multiple time for less output.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**openipmi\_conparms**(7)](/man/os/openipmi/openipmi_conparms.7)

# [KNOWN PROBLEMS](#KNOWN_PROBLEMS)

None

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Darius Davis <dariusd@users.sourceforge.net>

05/13/03 OpenIPMI

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Document: solterm(1) from openipmi 2.0.37-r12 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/cminyard/openipmi