v  Remote  Console  Active:  Enabled 
v  Remote  Console  COM  Port:  COM  2 
v  Remote  Console  Baud  Rate:  19200  or  higher 
v  Remote  Console  Data  Bits:  8 
v  Remote  Console  Parity:  None 
v  Remote  Console  Stop  Bits:  1 
v  Remote  Console  Text  Emulation:  ANSI 
v  Remote  Console  Keyboard  Emulation:  ANSI 
v  Remote  Console  Active  After  Boot:  Enabled 
v  Remote  Console  Flow  Control:  Hardware
d.
  Press  Esc  twice  to  exit  the  Remote  Console  Redirection  and  Devices  and 
I/O  Ports  sections  of  the  Configuration/Setup  Utility  program. 
e.  Select  Advanced  Setup;  then,  select  Baseboard  Management  Controller 
(BMC)  Settings. 
f.  Set  BMC  Serial  Port  Access  Mode  to  Dedicated. 
g.  Press  Esc  twice  to  exit  the  Baseboard  Management  Controller  (BMC) 
Settings  and  Advanced  Setup  sections  of  the  Configuration/Setup  Utility 
program. 
h.  Select  Save  Settings;  then,  press  Enter. 
i.  Press  Enter  to  confirm. 
j.  Select  Exit  Setup;  then,  press  Enter. 
k.  Make  sure  that  Yes,  exit  the  Setup  Utility  is  selected;  then,  press  Enter.
Linux  configuration 
For  SOL  operation  on  the  server,  you  must  configure  the  Linux
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operating  system  to 
expose  the  Linux  initialization  (booting)  process.  This  enables  users  to  log  in  to  the 
Linux  console  through  an  SOL  session  and  directs  Linux  output  to  the  serial 
console.  See  the  documentation  for  your  specific  Linux  operating-system  type  for 
information  and  instructions. 
Use  one  of  the  following  procedures  to  enable  SOL  sessions  for  your  Linux 
operating  system.  You  must  be  logged  in  as  a  root  user  to  perform  these 
procedures. 
Red  Hat  Enterprise  Linux  ES  2.1  configuration: 
Note:  This  procedure  is  based  on  a  default  installation  of  Red  Hat  Enterprise  Linux 
ES  2.1.  The  file  names,  structures,  and  commands  might  be  different  for  other 
versions  of  Red  Hat  Linux. 
Complete  the  following  steps  to  configure  the  general  Linux  parameters  for  SOL 
operation  when  you  use  the  Red  Hat  Enterprise  Linux  ES  2.1  operating  system. 
Note:  Hardware  flow  control  prevents  character  loss  during  communication  over  a 
serial  connection.  You  must  enable  it  when  you  use  a  Linux  operating  system. 
1.  Add  the  following  line  to  the  end  of  the  #  Run  gettys  in  standard  runlevels 
section  of  the  /etc/inittab  file.  This  enables  hardware  flow  control  and  enables 
users  to  log  in  through  the  SOL  console. 
7:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty  -h  ttyS0  19200  vt102 
2.  Add  the  following  line  at  the  bottom  of  the  /etc/securetty  file  to  enable  a  user  to 
log  in  as  the  root  user  through  the  SOL  console: 
 
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