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vSphere Installation and Setup
3 Disable the logPort and gdbPort on com1 and set tty2Port to com1 by entering the following boot
options:
"gdbPort=none logPort=none tty2Port=com1";
To use com2 instead, replace
The direct console is redirected to the serial port until you reboot the host. To redirect the direct console for
subsequent boots, see
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Redirect the Direct Console to a Serial Port from the vSphere Web Client
You can manage the ESXi host remotely from a console that is connected to the serial port by redirecting the
direct console to either of the serial ports com1 or com2. When you use the vSphere Web Client to redirect
the direct console to a serial port, the boot option that you set persists after subsequent reboots.
Prerequisites
Verify that you can access the host from the vSphere Web Client.
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Verify that the serial port is not in use for serial logging and debugging, or for ESX Shell (tty1Port).
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Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client, connect to the vCenter Server.
2 Select the host in the inventory.
3 Click the Manage tab.
4 Click Settings.
5 Under System, select Advanced System Settings.
6 Make sure that the VMkernel.Boot.logPort and VMkernel.Boot.gdbPort fields are not set to use the
com port that you want to redirect the direct console to.
7 Set VMkernel.Boot.tty2Port to the serial port to redirect the direct console to:
8 Reboot the host.
You can now manage the ESXi host remotely from a console that is connected to the serial port.
Redirect the Direct Console to a Serial Port in a Host Deployed with Auto Deploy
After you redirect the direct console to a serial port, you can make that setting part of the host profile that
persists when you reprovision the host with Auto Deploy.
Prerequisites
The serial port must not already be in use for serial logging and debugging.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client, connect to the vCenter Server.
2 Select the host in the inventory.
3 Click the Manage tab.
4 Select Settings.
5 Select Advanced System Settings.
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