Users Guide

Configuring the DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console 49

Set the

Console Redirection

screen to the following settings:

Console Redirection

–

Serial Port 1

Redirection After Boot

–

Disabled

Press <Esc> to exit the System Setup program to complete the System

Setup program configuration.

Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Serial Redirection During Boot

NOTE: The following instructions are specific to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux

GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB). Similar changes would be necessary for using a

different boot loader.

NOTE: In configuring the client VT100 emulation window, you must set the window

or application that is displaying the redirected console to 25 rows x 80 columns to

ensure proper text display; otherwise, some text screens may be garbled.

Edit the /etc/grub.conf file by performing the following steps. The sample file

(see Table 3-1) shows the changes described in this procedure.

Add the following two new lines in the

general settings

section of the file:

serial --unit=0 --speed=57600

terminal --timeout=10 serial

Append two options to the kernel line:

kernel ............. console=ttyS0,57600

If the

/etc/grub.conf

contains a

splashimage

directive, comment it out

of the file.