Console Redirection
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MP-RAS Remote Support
Console Redirection
Console redirection is a BIOS and operating system feature that enables a
person at a remote location to control your server’s console operations.
Enabling Console Redirection
You can enable console redirection at the BIOS level with either the System
Configuration Utility (SCU) or the BIOS Setup Utility. Normally you use the
SCU to perform this function.
You can also enable console redirection through your operating environment.
Refer to your operating environment documentation or to the operating
system-specific sections at the end of this chapter for more information.
Enabling console redirection increases the Diagnostic Partition boot timeout
from 10 seconds to 2 minutes. This permits more time to dial into a system as
it is rebooting - for example, after you set a remote password.
Note: Before changing console redirection parameters via BIOS Setup or the
SCU, make sure that there is no active modem connection.
Enabling Console Redirection with the SCU
The following table defines the SCU options that must be set to enable console
redirection. These options are found in various functional groups of the
System Board device definition. (Use the SCU’s “Step 3: Change
Configuration Settings” menu option to configure System Board options.)
Group
Options
Comments
On-Board
Communication
Devices
Serial Port 1
Configuration
or
Serial Port 2
Configuration
Both COM1 and COM2 are
available for general purpose
use.
If remote management and
console redirection support are
required, you must enable COM1
or COM2 for these functions.
UNIX MP-RAS only uses COM1
for console redirection.
Summary of Contents for S46
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