Netconsole

To configure netconsole on the 2.6 kernel, complete the following steps.

1. Add the following line to your boot command: netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[ ],[tgt-port]@/[tgt-macaddr]

2. Boot the netconsole machine.

To configure conman over netconsole, complete the following steps. Italic text 1. Download conman from http://downloads.lustre.org/public/tools/conman/ This is dated 2006

2. Edit /etc/conman.conf to set the SERVER logdir, SERVER logfile, and SERVER port.

3. Add the following to /etc/conman.conf, where clientX is the netconsole machine: NETCONSOLE name="netconsole" dev="client1_ip_address:client1_port" NETCONSOLE1 name="netconsole" dev="client2_ip_address:client2_port" ............

4.Start the conmand server by entering conmand

5. Start the conman netconsole by entering: conman -d conmand_server_ip:conmand_server_port NETCONSOLEx

4. Input sysrq command (& + S + sysrq_command) over conman netconsole, you will get the result in conman netconsole. OK to replace with something like the following? To see results in the conman netconsole, enter the sysrq command <& + S _ sysrq>.

Note: A netconsole patch is available that supports kernel level network logging over UDP. More information and a link to the kernel patches can be found at: http://lwn.net/2001/0927/a/netconsole.php3 This is dated 2001.