User's Manual

134 Serial Port Console Redirection
3 If the /etc/grub.conf contains a splashimage 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 and xx0x systems without Dell Remote Access
Controller 5 (DRAC 5).
• 115200 for PowerEdge
x9xx , and xx0x systems with DRAC 5.
• 115200 for PowerEdge
xx1x systems.
Table 8-1. Sample File: /etc/grub.con
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making
changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means
that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /,
e.g.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdal
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=10
#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
serial --unit=0 --speed=19200
terminal --timeout=10 serial
title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server (2.4.9-e.3smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.3smp ro root=/dev/sda1
hda=ide-scsi console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.3smp.img
title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server-up (2.4.9-e.3
root (hd0,00)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.3 ro root=/dev/sda1 s
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.3.im