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Redirection on Windows 2003, Special Administration Console (SAC) must be enabled. The
following instruction is used to enable SAC:
1. Enable Console Redirection in BIOS, and set it to COM 2 (or COM B)
2. Modify boot.ini in C:\. Boot.ini is a hidden file. Below is an example of boot.ini
[boot loader]
redirect=com2
redirectbaudrate=19200
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /fastdetect
/redirect
For Text Console Redirection on a Linux Platform
1. Host A with IPMI BMC installed (Linux Platform):
a) BIOS POST:
(i) Enable "Console Redirection" in BIOS Setup.
For example, COM2 / 19.2Kbps / 8N1
(ii) Disable "Enable Console Redirection after POST" in BIOS setup.
b) BOOT LOADER:
(i) For GRUB, add the following TWO lines into /boot/grub/grub.conf, but
comment out "splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz"
serial --unit=1 --speed=19200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal --timeout=10 serial console
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
(ii) Then add "serial console=ttyS1,19200n8" to the end of kernel /vmlinuz in
/boot/grub/grub.conf.
For example:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358smp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet serial
console=ttyS1,19200n8
This will result in all boot messages being output to console ttyS1, and you will not see
all these boot messages on the local console until the login message prompts.
c) LINUX OS:
(i) Add the following line into /etc/inittab.
s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 19200
(ii) Edit /etc/securetty and add ttyS1
2. Host B with IPMIView installed:
a) Install and run IPMIView.
b) Log in Host A with IPMI BMC installed as Admin.
c) Start Console Redirection in IPMIView right after the Host A reboots.
You will see the BIOS POST, the boot loader, and the Linux OS messages and prompts.
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