Overview

Connecting to the Kerio Control hardware appliances through a serial console can help you in the following cases:

• Broken network access to the hardware appliance due to configuration mistakes or network hardware issues (both from the box and network switch sides).
• Direct access to the Linux shell.
• You need to see the boot sequence from the hardware appliance.
• Access to BIOS.

This article provides detailed information on the connection settings used in Kerio hardware appliances via a serial console.

Information

Setting a Communication Through a Serial Console

The connection uses these settings:

• Speed: 9600
• Data bits: 8
• Stop bit: 1
• Parity: None
• Flow control: None
  

Accessing BIOS

The connection uses these settings:

• Speed: 115200
• Data bits: 8
• Stop bit: 1
• Parity: None
• Flow control: None

Related Article

Modifying Kerio Control Configuration via Serial Console