Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 1.3 for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s User's Guide

Add a new line to configure agetty on the COM2 serial port:

co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L 57600 ttyS1
                                    ansi
                                 

The following example shows the file with the new line.

#
                                    # inittab This file describes how the INIT process
                                    # should set up the system in a certain
                                    # run-level.
                                    #
                                    # Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg
                                    # Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and
                                    # Donnie Barnes
                                    #
                                    # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
                                    # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
                                    # 1 - Single user mode
                                    # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you
                                    # do not have networking)
                                    # 3 - Full multiuser mode
                                    # 4 - unused
                                    # 5 - X11
                                    # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
                                    #
                                    id:3:initdefault:
                                    # System initialization.
                                    si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
                                    l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
                                    l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
                                    l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
                                    l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
                                    l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
                                    l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
                                    l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6
                                    # Things to run in every runlevel.
                                    ud::once:/sbin/update
                                    # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
                                    ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
                                    # When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we
                                    have a few
                                    # minutes of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2
                                    minutes from now.
                                    # This does, of course, assume you have power
                                    installed and your
                                    # UPS is connected and working correctly.
                                    pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure;
                                    System Shutting Down"
                                    # If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in,
                                    cancel it.
                                    pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power
                                    Restored; Shutdown Cancelled"
                                    # Run gettys in standard runlevels
                                    
                                    co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L 57600 ttyS1 ansi
                                    1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
                                    2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
                                    3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
                                    4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
                                    5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
                                    6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
                                    
                                    # Run xdm in runlevel 5
                                    # xdm is now a separate service
                                    x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
                                 

Edit the /etc/securettyfile as follows:

Add a new line, with the name of the serial tty for COM2:

ttyS1

vc/1
                                 vc/2
                                 vc/3
                                 vc/4
                                 vc/5
                                 vc/6
                                 vc/7
                                 vc/8
                                 vc/9
                                 vc/10
                                 vc/11
                                 tty1
                                 tty2
                                 tty3
                                 tty4
                                 tty5
                                 tty6
                                 tty7
                                 tty8
                                 tty9
                                 tty10
                                 tty11
                                 ttyS1