On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I recently got some IBM Xseries 335 servers 2nd hand, and noticed they > don't have any graphics card. Some google searched indicate they only > have an uplink port, which you could connect to another (other model) > IBM server and use that as the head node. But, I don't have one > available. I believe we can use serial console to it. Use a null modem cable to connect to the serial console and use tool like Hyper terminal or minicom. I hate it too when server doesn't provide such a simple graphic card and choose the "cool" serial console method.