Users Guide

Serial Port Console Redirection 93

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 file /etc/grub.conf, as follows. See the sample file that follows, which 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=19200

terminal --timeout=10 serial

Append two options to the kernel line:

kernel ............. console=ttyS0,19200

If the

/etc/grub.conf

contains a

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directive, you must comment it out.

This sample file, using a baud rate of 19200, is an example. The following maximum baud rates are

allowed for BMC serial communication and SOL:

• 19200 for PowerEdge 1425SC

and

other

PowerEdge

x8xx

systems.

• 57600 for PowerEdge

x9xx

systems without Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5).

• 115200 for PowerEdge

x9xx

systems with DRAC 5.