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