Users Guide

210 Configuring and Using Serial Over LAN

Operating System Configuration

To configure generic operating systems, perform the steps relevant to your

operating system. This configuration is based on default installations of Red

Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, and

Windows 2003 Enterprise.

Linux Enterprise Operating System

Edit the

/etc/inittab

file to enable hardware flow control and to allow users

to log in through the SOL console. Add the line below to the end of

#Run

gettys in standard runlevels

section.

7:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h 115200 ttyS0 vt220

Example of original /etc/inittab:

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# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up

# the system in a certain run-level.

SKIP this part of file

# Run gettys in standard runlevels

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1

2:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1

3:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1

4:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1

5:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1

6:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1

# Run xdm in runlevel 5

x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

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