Isilon: PowerScale: Gen6.5: Unable to respond to POST prompts for function key presses on serial console

Summary: When asked to respond to a Gen6.5 POST prompt to press F1-F12, pressing the corresponding key has no effect.

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Symptoms

When asked to respond to a Gen6.5 POST prompt to press F1-F12, pressing the corresponding key has no effect and the user is unable to continue past this prompt without connecting a USB keyboard and pressing the requested key.

Cause

When connected through the serial console, function key (F-key) presses cannot be transmitted properly via the serial connection.

Resolution

To work around this problem, the iDRAC serial redirection code automatically maps the function keys onto other key combinations that can be transmitted via a serial connection. The key remap table is displayed during an earlier part of the POST process, and reads as follows:

KEY MAPPING FOR CONSOLE REDIRECTION:

Use the <ESC><1> key sequence for <F1>
Use the <ESC><2> key sequence for <F2>
Use the <ESC><3> key sequence for <F3>
Use the <ESC><0> key sequence for <F10>
Use the <ESC><!> key sequence for <F11>
Use the <ESC><@> key sequence for <F12>

 

Use the <ESC><Ctrl><M> key sequence for <Ctrl><M>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><H> key sequence for <Ctrl><H>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><I> key sequence for <Ctrl><I>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><J> key sequence for <Ctrl><J>

 

Use the <ESC><X><X> key sequence for <Alt><x>, where x is any letter
key, and X is the upper case of that key

 

Use the <ESC><R><ESC><r><ESC><R> key sequence for <Ctrl><Alt><Del>

Affected Products

PowerScale F200, PowerScale F600, PowerScale F900
Article Properties
Article Number: 000192209
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 02 Sep 2022
Version:  2
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