Oracle X6-2 - Configuring Serial Port Sharing

Assign Serial Port Output Using the CLI
42 Oracle Server X6-2 Service Manual • June 2016
Configuring Serial Port Sharing
By default, the SP console (SER MGT) port sends serial port output from the server. Using
Oracle ILOM, you can specify that the host console (COM1) be assigned as owner of the server
serial port output. This feature is useful for Windows kernel debugging, as it enables you to
view non-ASCII character traffic from the host console.
You should set up the network on the SP before attempting to change the serial port owner to
the host server. If the network is not set up, and you switch the serial port owner to the host
server, you will be unable to connect using the CLI or web interface to change the serial port
owner back to the SP. To return the serial port owner setting to the SP, you need to restore
access to the serial port on the server. For more details about restoring access to the server
port on your server, see the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.2 Documentation
Library at http://www.oracle.com/goto/ilom/docs.
You can assign serial port output using either the Oracle ILOM web interface or the command-
line interface (CLI). For instructions, see the following procedures:
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“Assign Serial Port Output Using the CLI” on page 42
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“Assign Serial Port Output Using the Web Interface” on page 42
Assign Serial Port Output Using the CLI
1.
Open an SSH session and at the command line log in to the SP Oracle ILOM CLI.
Log in as a user with root or administrator privileges. For example:
ssh root@ipadress
Where ipadress is the IP address of the server module SP.
For more information, refer to “Accessing Oracle ILOM” in the Oracle X5 Series Servers
Administration Guide.
The Oracle ILOM CLI prompt (->) appears.
2.
To set the serial port owner, type:
-> set /SP/serial/portsharing /owner=host
Note - The serial port sharing value by default is owner=SP.
3.
Connect a serial host to the server.
Assign Serial Port Output Using the Web Interface
1.
Log in to the SP Oracle ILOM web interface.