[CentOS] how to install Linux on an IBM xserver 335 server without graphics card?

[Jim Wildman]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Jim Wildman wrote:

>
> One of the more frustrating servers I've worked with.  You can only use
> the serial port for the console after you set it up in the bios..which
> you can't do from the serial port if it isn't already setup.
>
> Confirm that you need the C2T cable.  Be aware that there are 2 types.
> One about 18" long with an identical connector on each end (for stacking
> the servers), one as described with the KVM break out on the end.  Used
> to cost about $60 back in the day.
>
> Out of curiosity, here is an example
> http://cgi.ebay.com/KVM-Breakout-C2T-Cable-IBM-x330-x335-06P6210-New-/320632050911?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa728d4df
>
> Great little servers once they are installed.  oh, the original bios
> would only allow you to set PXE boot on 1 of the interfaces at a time.
>

Oh, and there are 2 ports on the back, one IN and one OUT.  The KVM goes
on the OUT port (right hand as I remember it)

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Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE       jim at rossberry.com http://www.rossberry.com
"Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best
state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
Thomas Paine