Configuring a Serial Console

When the system boots, select Boot Option Maintenance Menu from the EFI Boot Manager screen and press Enter.

From the Boot Option Maintenance Menu, select Select Active Console Output Devices and press Enter. The resulting screen displays a list of UARTs and PCI devices available for console I/O.

	NOTE: UART identifiers of PNP0501 describe modes available for "Serial A" or "Serial 1" built-in UART. UART identifiers of HWP0002 describe modes available for the "Console" UART on the management processor (MP).

Select a UART from the list and press Enter.

From the same screen, select Save Settings to NVRAM and press Enter.

The system prompts you to save NVRAM if you omit this step.

Select Exit and press Enter to return to the main menu.

Select the option Select Active Console Input Devices from the main menu and press Enter.

From the list provided, select the same UART that you chose as your output device and press Enter.

Select Save Settings to NVRAM and press Enter.

Select Exit and press Enter.

To apply the changes you have selected, select Cold Reset from the Boot Option Maintenance menu and press Enter.

When prompted, enter Y and press Enter.