Serial console

The next step is to connect the appliance to a serial console, power it up, and proceed the configuration at the initial boot.

It gives you serial console access to a machine that thinks it has a VGA card and a keyboard, and it provides access to POST codes.

On some systems use of serial console can be activated automatically by disconnecting the keyboard before booting the system.

Also, if graphical output is not required or desired, serial console may be used as an alternative.

With the serial console visible on your host platform, plug the power cable into the USB hub.

For information on setting up the serial console, look for serial-console. txt in the Documentation directory.

May be preferable for serial console installs.

console port: rj-45 serial console port connector for local configuration and administration.

A 9600-baud serial console is not a particularly likely choice either.

modem port: rj-45 serial console port connector for local configuration and administration.

The key sequence Ctrl-A will invoke KDB from the serial console.

If you are using a serial console, send a break to the machine.

Connect to the switch using the serial console port with a straight serial cable (9600, 8-N-1, no flow control).

A guide to set up serial console.

Another way to invoke KDB is through the serial console.

On most systems, and if you are not installing over serial console, the easiest method is to switch to the second

If you are booting with a serial console, generally the kernel will autodetect this

To set up a serial console under Linux, use a terminal emulation program such as minicom, as shown here

If you wish to use a serial console, you

To use serial console on the first serial device, type

To use the serial console, you have to boot the installer image with the