Appendix C
Using the Optional Service Processor
C-9
C.3.4
Setting Up on Linux
These instructions apply for all supported Red Hat and SUSE operating systems,
except as noted. To set up SMDC Console Redirection for the Linux OS, do the
following steps:
1. Log in to the system as root (superuser).
2. Open the
/etc/inittab
file in a text editor.
3. Change the following in
/etc/inittab
:
a. Find the getty section of the inittab and edit the getty's for init level 3 so that
the line reads as follows:
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 19200 ttyS0 vt100
b. Locate the following line in the file:
id:5:initdefault
c. Change the default init level from
5
to
3
as shown in the following example:
id:3:initdefault
4. If you plan to log in to the OS as root using the remote console, you need to add
the following line to edit the
/etc/securetty
file:
ttyS0
Alternatively, you can create a non-root account, which can log in without this
change.
5. To see all of the startup messages in Red Hat, edit the
/etc/grub.conf
file as
follows:
a. Open the
/etc/grub.conf
file in a text editor.
b. Add the following to the to the
kernel
line:
'console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600'
