KVM : how to connect to Openfiler nodes which have been installed on KVM via virsh console

Here’s an explanation of how to connect to openfiler VMs via “virsh console”.

Openfiler is rpath linux based , so I think you can connect to rpath linux based distributions  via “virsh console” by the following procedure.

I have installed  an openfiler 2.99 as a VM on KVM.

[root@openfiler-vm ~]# cat /etc/distro-release Openfiler ESA 2.99.1 [root@openfiler-vm ~]# uname -ri 2.6.32-71.18.1.el6-0.20.smp.gcc4.1.x86_64 x86_64

[ on the KVM host ]

confirm the openfiler VM has a serial console port.

<serial type='pty'>      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>      <target port='0'/>      <alias name='serial0'/>    </serial>    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/2'>      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>      <target type='serial' port='0'/>      <alias name='serial0'/>    </console>

[ on the openfiler VM ]

-  /etc/bootloader.d/distro-defaults.conf

add two red lines

[root@openfiler-vm ~]# cat /etc/bootloader.d/distro-defaults.conf add_options mce=dont_decode cciss.cciss_allow_any=1 serial -speed=15200 -unit=0 -word=8 -parity=no -stop=1 terminal -timeout=10 serial

- edit /etc/inittab

[root@openfiler-vm ~]# tail -1 /etc/inittab S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L -f /etc/issue 115200 ttyS0

- edit /etc/securetty

[root@openfiler-vm ~]# echo "ttyS0" >> /etc/securetty [root@openfiler-vm ~]# tail -1 /etc/securetty ttyS0

reboot the openfiler VM

[root@openfiler-vm ~]# reboot

[ on the KVM host ]

connect to the openfiler VM via virsh console

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