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@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@ PASSWORD="" # not shown here for security purposes
 Get a serial console. This console is only useful during boot time and can access the boot configuration menu and the bios. Also you can see if the PXE boot process works.
 
 ```bash
+ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IPMI_IP -U ADMIN -P $PASSWORD sol set     volatile-bit-rate 19.2
+ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IPMI_IP -U ADMIN -P $PASSWORD sol set non-volatile-bit-rate 19.2
 ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IPMI_IP -U ADMIN -P $PASSWORD sol activate
 ```
 
-Note: computenode01 - computenode04 use a different IPMI card that does not support the serial console.
+To get linux kernel output and a login shell through the IPMI sol console you need to edit the syslinux or grub configuration and add the following parameters to the kernel:
+
+```bash
+vmlinuz <other params ...> xencons=ttyS1 console=tty console=ttyS1,19200n8 lowres
+```
+
+Note: computenode01 - computenode04 and storagenode use a different IPMI card that does not support the serial console.
 
 You can check a node's power status and change it. Useful if you need to reboot a node if you locked yourself out of ssh with a bad iptables configuration.