Accessing the device serial console

This procedure describes how to use the IPMI interface to access the Email Security - Server appliance through a serial console.

Important
Use the IPMI Web UI to access the compute node serial console only during a power or system reset or when the system is not otherwise responding on the management interface.

Prerequisites

You are logged in to the appliance IPMI.
The appliance is not using its management interface.

To access the serial console:

Important
Use the IPMI Web UI to access the serial console only during a power or system reset or when the system is not otherwise responding on the management interface.

Click the Remote Control tab.
Click Console Redirection in the sidebar.
Click Launch Console.
You might be prompted to install a Java program to launch the console, which could require changes to your Java security settings. If your security policy does not allow this, and if your appliance uses a recent IPMI firmware version, you can instead open ports on the firewall. To view the installed and available firmware versions, click System and then System Information, or follow the instructions in IPMI and BIOS firmware updates.