ColocatedServerConfiguration
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| ==== General ==== | ==== General ==== | ||
| - | - please label your server with system "handle" (as assigned by Intuix LLC) on front and on the back; if available - please add mac (ethernet) address of primary (internet) interface; for example: "handle - mac ab:cd:ef:12:34:56" | + | - please label your server with system "handle" (as assigned by Intuix LLC) on front and on the back; if available - please add mac (ethernet) address of primary (internet) interface; for example: "handleA - mac ab:cd:ef:12:34:56" |
| - optionally add label with your company name and contact information | - optionally add label with your company name and contact information | ||
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| - if your system has multiple serial ports - please label console port | - if your system has multiple serial ports - please label console port | ||
| - | - if you have multiple drives - please label each drive with your system handle and drive #, i.e. "handleA disk#1" | + | - please label hard drives, if they're removable, especially if your system has multiple drives; label each drive with your system handle and drive number, i.e. "handleA disk#1" |
| ==== BIOS Configuration ==== | ==== BIOS Configuration ==== | ||
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Colocated Server Configuration
General
- please label your server with system "handle" (as assigned by Intuix LLC) on front and on the back; if available - please add mac (ethernet) address of primary (internet) interface; for example: "handleA - mac ab:cd:ef:12:34:56"
- optionally add label with your company name and contact information
- label network ports - especially if manufacturer labeling is wrong
- if your system has multiple serial ports - please label console port
- please label hard drives, if they're removable, especially if your system has multiple drives; label each drive with your system handle and drive number, i.e. "handleA disk#1"
BIOS Configuration
* enable USB support and Legacy USB support, so we can use USB keyboards * ignore POST errors (especially keyboard, floppy, etc) * set "Power loss" mode to "Stay on" * enable BIOS console redirection if available: * COM1 (COM A) * Speed: 9600 baud * Console type: VT100, 8bit * Flow control: none * Connection type: direct connection * Continue redirection after boot: yet (sometimes also called "Run Agent after boot")
We can accommodate different speeds for serial console; above are default settings.
OS configuration
* turn on OS serial console on serial port 1, with settings as above
Configuring serial console:
Linux: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html
FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html
