The recipe (X6DVL-EG2)

First of all you should enable the Console Redirection in the BIOS Setup. This MUST be: COM2 / 19200 / 8N1^8.1We should disable the Keyword

Enable Console Redirection after POST

In the bootloader of the operating system we should comment out the line containing the splashimage and add this two lines, for instructing the GRUB to redirect all on the serial line COM2:

serial --unit=1 --speed=19200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal --timeout=10 serial console

and append the ``serial console=ttyS1,19200n8''. Then we should add a getty for manageing the login on the serial console, adding in /etc/inittab:

[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# cat /etc/inittab |grep 1920
s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 19200

and editing of course the securetty adding the ttyS1. That's it.

This is the output of ipmicli:

mascanc@pcitadc05 /afs/cern.ch/user/m/mascanc/private # ./ipmicli-sm 137.138.253.96
Welcome to Supermicro IPMI Command Line Interface Rev 2.08 (build 06060101)
Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Supermicro Computer Inc., All rights reserved

User Name: ADMIN
Password: ******
connect ok
ipmi>console


You can press Ctrl-B to terminate Text Remote Console Redirection.
Press [Enter] to continue...

-bash: muttt: command not found
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# ls
a.out               ipmitool-1.8.8-1.rhel3.i386.rpm  prova.c    stopipmi
anaconda-ks.cfg     ipmitool-1.8.8-1.rhel4.i386.rpm  prova.c~
install.log         ipmiutil-1.7.2-1.i386.rpm        spec
install.log.syslog  ks-post-reboot.log               startimpi
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# w
 13:41:23 up 22 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
root     ttyS1    -                13:21    0.00s  0.02s  0.00s w
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# l
-bash: l: command not found
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# ls
a.out               ipmitool-1.8.8-1.rhel3.i386.rpm  prova.c    stopipmi
anaconda-ks.cfg     ipmitool-1.8.8-1.rhel4.i386.rpm  prova.c~
install.log         ipmiutil-1.7.2-1.i386.rpm        spec
install.log.syslog  ks-post-reboot.log               startimpi
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# bc
bc 1.06
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
352356*432134
152265007704
quit
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# ./a.out
MASSI
MASSIE
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]#
Text Remote Console Redirection is terminated by Ctrl-B.
ipmi>quit

This is the output of ipmitool:

mascanc@pcitadc05 /afs/cern.ch/user/m/mascanc/private #
                    ipmitool -I lanplus -H pcitfiot08 -P 0czjTf -U ADMIN sol activate
[SOL Session operational.  Use ~? for help]

[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# ls
a.out               ipmitool-1.8.8-1.rhel3.i386.rpm  prova.c    stopipmi
anaconda-ks.cfg     ipmitool-1.8.8-1.rhel4.i386.rpm  prova.c~
install.log         ipmiutil-1.7.2-1.i386.rpm        spec
install.log.syslog  ks-post-reboot.log               startimpi
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# wIPMI LAN send command failed

 13:39:56 up 21 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
root     ttyS1    -                13:21    1.00s  0.02s  0.00s w
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]#
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]#
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# wIPMI LAN send command failed

 13:40:01 up 21 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
root     ttyS1    -                13:21    0.00s  0.02s  0.00s w
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]#
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]#
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# muutttt
-bash: muutttt: command not found
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]#
[root@pcitfiot08 ~]# mutttSegmentation fault