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==== General ==== ==== General ====
-- label computer with your system "handle" provided by Intuix and, optionally, your company name and contact information+- label computer with your system "handle" (as assigned by Intuix LLC) on front and on the back;
 +optionally add label with your company name and contact information
-- label network ports especially if manufacturer labelling is wrong+- label network ports especially if manufacturer labeling is wrong
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 +- if you have multiple drives - please label each drive with your system handle and drive #, i.e. "handleA disk#1"
==== BIOS Configuration ==== ==== BIOS Configuration ====
* enable USB support and Legacy USB support, so we can use USB keyboards * enable USB support and Legacy USB support, so we can use USB keyboards
 + * ignore POST errors (especially keyboard, floppy, etc)
* set "Power loss" mode to "Stay on" * set "Power loss" mode to "Stay on"
* enable BIOS console redirection if available: * enable BIOS console redirection if available:
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* Continue redirection after boot: yet (sometimes also called Agent after boot) * Continue redirection after boot: yet (sometimes also called Agent after boot)
 +We can accommodate different speeds for serial console; above are default settings.
==== OS configuration ==== ==== OS configuration ====

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Colocated Server Configuration

General

- label computer with your system "handle" (as assigned by Intuix LLC) on front and on the back; optionally add label with your company name and contact information

- label network ports especially if manufacturer labeling is wrong

- if you have multiple drives - please label each drive with your system handle and drive #, i.e. "handleA disk#1"

BIOS Configuration

* enable USB support and Legacy USB support, so we can use USB keyboards
* ignore POST errors (especially keyboard, floppy, etc)
* set "Power loss" mode to "Stay on"
* enable BIOS console redirection if available: 
   * COM1 (COM A)
   * Speed: 9600 baud
   * Console type: VT100, 8bit
   * Flow control: none
   * Connection type: direct connection
   * Continue redirection after boot: yet (sometimes also called Agent after boot)

We can accommodate different speeds for serial console; above are default settings.

OS configuration

* turn on OS serial console on serial port 1, with settings as above

Linux: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html