Server Management Guide
Scenarios and Best Practices
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Enable Linux* boot procedure to be seen in the SOL console by adding the following lines for
SOL boot session (an example is as shown below):
title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 SOL Session
root (hd,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.21-bigsmp root=/dev/bi-id/scsi-SATA_ST31600811AS_6PT03YN8-
part vga=0x314 acpi=off resume=/dev/sda5 splash=slient showtpts console=ttyS1,19200 console=tty1
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16.60-0.21-bigsmp
The result is shown in the following image:
Figure 53. GRUB file with SOL session added
NOTE
For Red Hat* Linux, SOL console device may be ttyS0. It depends on your Linux* version and
configuration. “rhgb quiet” needs to be removed to allow you view the boot up information from the
SOL console.
4. Enable users to log in from SOL console by modifying the /etc/inittab file to add the following line:
S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 115200 ttyS1 vt102
This allows gettys through ttyS1 in standard runlevels section and enable users to log in at the SOL
console.
The result is shown in the following image: