HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 - Manual (Page 128)

Figure 71 Configuring the EMS Console
16. Exit the system RBSU.
Configuring the iLO Virtual Serial Port for Linux
You can manage Linux servers remotely using console redirection. To configure Linux to use console
redirection, you must configure the Linux boot loader (GRUB). The boot-loader application loads
from the bootable device when the server system ROM finishes POST. Define the serial interface
(ttyS0) as the default interface so that if no input arrives from the local keyboard within 10 seconds
(the default timeout value), the system will redirect output to the serial interface (iLO Virtual Serial
Port).
NOTE: ttyS0 and unit 0 are for com1 and ttyS1 and unit 1 are for com2.
The following configuration example uses Red Hat Linux and com1:
serial -unit=0 -speed=115200
terminal -timeout=10 serial console
default=0
timeout=10
#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2. 6.18-164.e15)
root (hd0,2)
9
kernel /vmlinux-2.6.18-164.e15 ro root=/dev/sda9 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-164.e15.img
If com2 was selected, the configuration example would be as follows:
serial -unit=1 -speed=115200
terminal -timeout=10 serial console
default=0
timeout=10
#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2. 6.18-164.e15)
root (hd0,2)
9
kernel /vmlinux-2.6.18-164.e15 ro root=/dev/sda9 console=tty0 console=ttyS1,115200
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-164.e15.img
128 Using iLO