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[solterm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/solterm/1/markdown)                          IPMI Serial over LAN program                          [solterm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/solterm/1/markdown)



## NAME
       solterm - An IPMI Serial over LAN program


## 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
       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
### <connection parms>
              The parameters for the connection depend on the connection type.  These  are  all  de‐
              scribed in openipmi_conparms (7)


### -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 char‐
              acter after this performs a command.  The default escape character is "~" as shown be‐
              low.  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
              Do not encrypt the SOL data going over the connection.


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


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


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

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

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

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


### -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


### -q


## SEE ALSO
       **openipmi**___**[conparms**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/conparms/7/markdown)


## KNOWN PROBLEMS
       None


## AUTHOR
       Darius Davis <<dariusd@users.sourceforge.net>>



OpenIPMI                                      05/13/03                                    [solterm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/solterm/1/markdown)