Users Guide

Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 5 51

When you edit the /etc/grub.conf file, use the following guidelines:

Disable GRUB's graphical interface and use the text-based interface;

otherwise, the GRUB screen will not be displayed in RAC console

redirection. To disable the graphical interface, comment out the line

starting with

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To enable multiple GRUB options to start console sessions through the

RAC serial connection, add the following line to all options:

console=ttyS1,57600

Table 4-2

shows

console=ttyS1,57600

added to only the first option.

Enabling Login to the Console After Boot

Edit the file /etc/inittab as follows:

Add a new line to configure

agetty

on the COM2 serial port:

co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L 57600 ttyS1 ansi

Table 4-3 shows a sample file with the new line.