Users Guide

68 Configuring and Using the DRAC 5 Command Line Console

To enable the RAC serial terminal interface, set the cfgSerialConsoleEnable

property to 1 (TRUE).

For example:

racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialConsoleEnable 1

See "cfgSerialConsoleEnable (Read/Write)" on page 314 for more

information.

Table 3-1 provides the serial interface settings.

Configuring Linux for Serial Console Redirection During Boot

The following steps are specific to the Linux GRand Unified Bootloader

(GRUB). Similar changes would be necessary for using a different boot loader.

NOTE: When you configure the client VT100 emulation window, 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 as follows:

Locate the general setting sections in the file and add the following two

new lines:

serial --unit=1 --speed=57600

terminal --timeout=10 serial

Append two options to the kernel line:

kernel ............. console=ttyS1,57600

If the

/etc/grub.conf

contains a

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directive, comment it out.

Table 3-2 provides a sample /etc/grub.conf file that show the changes

described in this procedure.

Table 3-1. Serial Interface Settings

IPMI Mode RAC Serial Console Interface

Basic Disabled Basic Mode

Basic Enabled RAC CLI

Terminal Disabled IPMI Terminal Mode

Terminal Enabled RAC CLI