IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 9. Management 533
Linux
You must edit two files in Linux to ensure that the console redirection still works after the
operating system has loaded. The same files are changed for Red Hat Linux (RHEL) and
SUSE Linux.
Edit these files:
򐂰 /boot/grub/menu.lst
򐂰 /etc/inittab
Menu.lst or grub.conf
Add the parameter that is highlighted in bold in the file that is shown in Example 9-24.
Example 9-24 Example of the grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda1
device (hd0) HD(1,800,64000,699900f5-c584-4061-a99f-d84c796d5c72)
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux (2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_roo
t rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_N
O_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=de cras
hkernel=auto console=ttyS1,115200n8 rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64.img
[root@localhost redhat]#
/etc/inittab
Add the parameter that is highlighted in bold at the end of the /etc/inittab file, as shown in
Example 9-25.
Example 9-25 The /etc/inittab file
id:3:initdefault:
co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 115200 vt100-nav
[root@localhost etc]#
9.14.4 How to start a SoL connection
In this section, we explain how to connect to the HX5, x3850 X5, or x3690 X5 through SoL.
RHEL 6: If you have installed RHEL 6 in UEFI mode, you must edit the
/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.conf file instead of the /boot/grub/menu.lst file.

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System x3850 X5
Category	Server
Language	English