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You must restart the Linux operating system after completing these procedures for the changes to take effect and to enable SOL.
Configuring a Microsoft Windows operating system
Complete the following steps to configure a Windows operating system for SOL operation. You must be logged in as a user with administrator access to perform this procedure.
1.Determine which boot entry ID to modify:
a.Type bootcfg at a Windows command prompt; then, press Enter to display the current boot options for the server.
b.In the Boot Entries section, locate the boot entry ID for the section with an OS friendly name of the Windows operating system. Write down the boot entry ID for use in the next step.
2.To enable the Microsoft Windows Emergency Management System (EMS), at a Windows command prompt, type
bootcfg /EMS ON /PORT COM1 /BAUD 19200 /ID boot_id
where boot_id is the boot entry ID from step 1b; then, press Enter.
3.To verify that the EMS console is redirected to the COM2 serial port:
a.Type bootcfg at a Windows command prompt; then, press Enter to display the current boot options for the server.
b.Verify the following changes to the bootcfg settings:
vIn the Boot Loader Settings section, make sure that redirect is set to
COM2 and that redirectbaudrate is set to 19200.
vIn the Boot Entries section, make sure that the OS Load Options: line has /redirect appended to the end of it.
The following examples show the original bootcfg program output and the output after modification.
Original bootcfg program output
Boot Loader Settings
timeout: 30
default: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS Boot Entries
Boot entry ID: 1
OS Friendly Name: Windows Server 2003, Standard
Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options: /fastdetect
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