diff --git a/lib/oem/ibm/serial_console_client.robot b/lib/oem/ibm/serial_console_client.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c0f239
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+++ b/lib/oem/ibm/serial_console_client.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     Module for capturing BMC serial output
+
+Library           Telnet  newline=LF
+Library           OperatingSystem
+Library           Collections
+
+*** Variables ***
+
+*** Keywords ***
+
+Open Telnet Connection to BMC Serial Console
+    [Documentation]   Open telnet connection session to BMC serial console
+    ...               The login prompt expected, for example, for barreleye
+    ...               is "barreleye login:"
+    [Arguments]   ${i_host}=${OPENBMC_SERIAL_HOST}
+    ...           ${i_port}=OPENBMC_SERIAL_PORT
+    ...           ${i_model}=${OPENBMC_MODEL}
+
+    Run Keyword If
+    ...  '${i_host}' != '${EMPTY}' and '${i_port}' != '${EMPTY}' and '${i_model}' != '${EMPTY}'
+    ...  Establish Telnet Session
+    ...  ELSE   Fail   msg=One of the paramaters is EMPTY
+
+
+Establish Telnet Session on BMC Serial Console
+    [Documentation]   Establish telnet session and set timeout to 30 mins
+    ...               30 secs.
+
+    ${prompt_string}   Set Variable   ${OPENBMC_MODEL} login:
+    Telnet.Open Connection    ${TELNET_HOST}  port=${TELNET_PORT}  prompt=#
+    Set Newline    \n
+    Set Newline    CRLF
+    Telnet.Write   \n
+    Telnet.Login   ${OPENBMC_USERNAME}  ${OPENBMC_PASSWORD}
+    ...    login_prompt=${prompt_string}   password_prompt=Password:
+    Telnet.Set Timeout   30 minute 30 seconds
+
+
+Read and Log BMC Serial Console Output
+    [Documentation]    Reads everything that is currently available
+    ...                in the output.
+    ${bmc_serial_log}=   Telnet.Read
+    Log   ${bmc_serial_log}
diff --git a/lib/resource.txt b/lib/resource.txt
index 4982c08..4c377ae 100755
--- a/lib/resource.txt
+++ b/lib/resource.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 # User define input SSH and HTTPS related parameters
 ${SSH_PORT}         ${EMPTY}
 ${HTTPS_PORT}       ${EMPTY}
+${OPENBMC_SERIAL_HOST}      ${EMPTY}
+${OPENBMC_SERIAL_PORT}      ${EMPTY}
 
 # OS related parameters.
 ${OS_HOST}          ${EMPTY}