<s>
Serial	B-General_Concept
over	I-General_Concept
LAN	I-General_Concept
(	O
SOL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
mechanism	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
input	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
output	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
of	O
a	O
managed	O
system	O
to	O
be	O
redirected	O
over	O
IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
some	O
managed	O
systems	O
,	O
notably	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
systems	O
,	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
on	O
the	O
managed	O
computers	O
are	O
not	O
normally	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
traditional	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
socket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
applications	O
on	O
these	O
computers	O
via	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
is	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
wishing	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
via	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
can	O
telnet	B-Protocol
to	O
a	O
network	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
and	O
log	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
the	O
login	O
will	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
coming	O
through	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
