How does one set up a serial terminal and/or console in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Introduction

It is sometimes helpful to have a serial console for debugging purposes and a serial terminal for headless operation. A serial console will send all console output to the serial port. A serial terminal, if properly configured, also lets you log on to the system via the serial port as a remote terminal. You can set up both or just one. This article will cover the configura...

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