Dell iDRAC8 manual Enabling Login to the Virtual Console After Boot

default=0

timeout=10

#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

serial --unit=1 --speed=57600 terminal --timeout=10 serial

title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server (2.4.9-e.3smp) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.3smp ro root=/dev/sda1 hda=ide-scsi console=ttyS0

console=ttyS1,115200n8r

initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.3smp.img

title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server-up (2.4.9-e.3) root (hd0,00) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.3 ro root=/dev/sda1 s

initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.3.im

4.To enable multiple GRUB options to start Virtual Console sessions through the RAC serial connection, add the following line to all options:

console=ttyS1,115200n8r console=tty1

The example shows console=ttyS1,57600 added to the first option.

Enabling Login to the Virtual Console After Boot

In the file /etc/inittab, add a new line to configure agetty on the COM2 serial port:

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

The following example shows a sample file with the new line.

#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 l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0 l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6 #Things to run in every runlevel. ud::once:/sbin/update ud::once:/sbin/update

#Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

#When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few #minutes of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now. #This does, of course, assume you have power installed and your #UPS is connected and working correctly.

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