Users Guide

Configuring and Using the DRAC 5 Command LIne Console 53

When you edit the /etc/grub.conf file, use the following guidelines:

Disable GRUB's graphical interface and use the text-based interface; otherwise, the GRUB screen will

not be displayed in RAC console redirection. To disable the graphical interface, comment out the line

starting with

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To start multiple GRUB options to start console sessions through the RAC serial connection, add the

following line to all options:

console=ttyS1,57600

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console=ttyS1,57600

added to only the first option.

Enabling Login to the Console After Boot

Edit the file /etc/inittab, as follows:

Add a new line to configure

agetty

on the COM2 serial port:

co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L 57600 ttyS1 ansi

Table 3-3 shows a sample file with the new line.

Table 3-3. Sample File: /etc/innitab

# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up

# the system in a certain run-level.

# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg

# Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:

# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

# 1 - Single user mode

# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have

# networking)

# 3 - Full multiuser mode

# 4 - unused

# 5 - X11

# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

id:3:initdefault:

# System initialization.

si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit