Is it possible to show the IP address in the boot console?

[zhangsean]

Is it possible to show the IP address in the boot console?
It will be very convenient to get the NAS IP from the console rather than using the Synology assistant.
Especially boot from ESXi or VMware which has NAT network, the Synology assistant can't find the new NAS IP usually.

[ilovepancakes95]

Highly doubt it, without major work. As TTG as said, once kernel loads, which has to happen way before networking is loaded anyway, there is no video output capability. So by the time networking goes live and DSM gets an IP, the screen is long "dead" already. Now, if what you mean is to show IP in telnet console output, it already does that. But, I am assuming you mean showing it on the screen itself.

[zhangsean]

Thanks for your reply.
How does the VMware bootloader work for showing the host IP address in the console?

[WiteWulf]

With VMware you connect to a virtual serial console and can either watch the logs go by or login once it's finished booting. You need to set it up as network TTY and telnet in to it. Not all license levels of VMware support this feature.