HP HPE iLO 5 User Manual page 124

This configuration example uses ttys0.
• At the end of the line GRUB_CMD_LINELINUX, enter console=ttys0.
• Remove rhgb quiet.
• Enter the following parameters:
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root rd.lvm.lv=rhel/swap console=ttyS0,115200n8"
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
2. Enter the following command to create the grub.cfg file:
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg
3. Enable a getty login service for the serial port.
For example:
systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyS0.service
4. Configure getty to listen on the serial port.
For example:
systemctl start getty@ttyS0.service
5. To begin a shell session on a configured serial port, add the following line to the /etc/inittab file to
start the login process automatically during system boot:
The following example initiates the login console on /dev/ttyS0:
S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS0 vt100
6. Use SSH to connect to iLO, and then use the iLO CLP command start /system1/oemHPE_vsp1
to view a login session to the Linux operating system.
Configuring SuSE Linux Enterprise Server to use the iLO Virtual Serial Port
Procedure
1. Open /etc/default/grub with a text editor.
This configuration example uses ttys0.
At the end of the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, enter "console=tty0
console=ttyS0,115200n8".
2. To update the grub.cfg file, enter the following command:
grub-mkconfig -o
/boot/efi/EFI/sles/grub.cfg
3. Use systemctl to configure getty to listen on /dev/ttyS0:
systemctl start getty@ttyS0.service
4. To configure getty to listen on /dev/ttyS0 for every boot, enable the service for that specific port.
124 Configuring SuSE Linux Enterprise Server to use the iLO Virtual Serial
Port