https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099468#M1430 I'll get the silly question out of the way - the RHES 4.5 you downloaded, it is the _ia64_ version right?<BR /><BR />When you say "the console communication" and then later "the remote serial console" in the first case to what are you referring? Using the dongle?<BR /> Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:03:36 GMT rick jones 2007-11-09T12:03:36Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099467#M1429 We download the Red Hat ES Ver4 rel5 and also the latest smart CD<BR />Smart CD is working fine and when the system tried to boot from Linux there was no response<BR />The problem looks to be with the console communication.<BR />we tried from the remote serial console and the system boots with both RH Linux versions<BR />4,5 and the ES 5.0<BR />Thanks Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:16:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099467#M1429 Thanos Demetropoulos_1 2007-11-08T11:16:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099468#M1430 I'll get the silly question out of the way - the RHES 4.5 you downloaded, it is the _ia64_ version right?<BR /><BR />When you say "the console communication" and then later "the remote serial console" in the first case to what are you referring? Using the dongle?<BR /> Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:03:36 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099468#M1430 rick jones 2007-11-09T12:03:36Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099469#M1431 The problem according to your reply on October similar question is the iLO firmware<BR />that does not yet support the correct comunication.You promised to deliver a new ilo firmaware to correct console problem<BR /><BR /> Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:08:52 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/bl860c/m-p/4099469#M1431 Thanos Demetropoulos_1 2007-11-10T06:08:52Z