If you have a kerberos ticket, you can connect to the serial port
console from any machine (eg, your desktop, iris, noric, etc.).
to connect to serial console:
$ /usr/local/bin/console suncat0006
or use this command if your machine has a private /usr/local :
$ /afs/slac/local/bin/console suncat0006
You will get this message from the console software:
[suncat0006: Attached readwrite on conserv1]
Press enter once. You should see:
----------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.5 (Tikanga) Kernel 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5 on an x86_64 suncat0006 login: -----------------------------------------------------
That is the linux login prompt on the serial console.
All commands you give to the console software start with
the escape sequence:
Ctrl-e c (Ctrl-e, followed by a 'c')
plus one character (sometimes 2 characters).
You can press ctrl-e c ? to see the possible commands:
----------------------------------------------------- Escape seq (currently ^Ec) + char . disconnect a attach readwrite b display heartbeats of consoles on this server c change to new console d down (close tty) a console e change escape sequence f force attach readwrite g get location infomation h print this message i display info about all consoles on this server k set idle timeouts for this session l1 send break (halt host!) m execute a macro (? for list) o (re)open the tty file p Display and select the baud rate qy shutdown the server r replay the last 20 lines s attach readonly u show status of all consoles on this server v show server version info w show all users connected to this server x examine -- show detailed console info <cr> ignore/abort command ? print this message -----------------------------------------------------
To disconnect, use
Ctrl-e c .