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Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to use the iLO Virtual Serial Port
Procedure
1. Open /etc/sysconfig/grub with a text editor. This configuration example uses ttys0.
• At the end of the line GRUB_CMD_LINELINUX, enter console=ttys0.
• Remove rhgb quiet.
• Enter the following parameters:
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root
rd.lvm.lv=rhel/ swap console=ttyS0,115200n8"
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
2. Enter the following command to create the grub.cfg file:
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg
3. Enable a getty login service for the serial port.
For example:
systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyS0.service
4. Configure getty to listen on the serial port.
For example:
systemctl start getty@ttyS0.service
5. To begin a shell session on a configured serial port, add the following line to the
/etc/inittab file to start the login process automatically during system boot:
The following example initiates the login console on /dev/ttyS0:
S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS0 vt100
6. Use SSH to connect to iLO, and then use the iLO CLP command start
/system1/oemNEC_vsp1 to view a login session to the Linux operating system.