Serial Communication
You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.
Viewing Serial Communication
To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps:
1  Turn on, or restart your system.
2  Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then 
restart your system and try again.
3  On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4  On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.
Serial Communication details
The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Serial Port Address  Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to Serial Device1=COM2, Serial Device 
2=COM1 by default.
NOTE: You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature. To use console 
redirection by SOL, congure the same port address for console redirection and the serial device.
NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting saved in iDRAC. The serial 
MUX setting can independently be changed in iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from within 
the BIOS setup utility may not always revert the serial MUX setting to the default setting of Serial 
Device 1.
Failsafe Baud Rate Species the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to determine the baud rate 
automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails, and the value must not be changed. This 
option is set to 115200 by default.
Remote Terminal 
Type
Sets the remote console terminal type. This option is set to VT100/VT220 by default.
Redirection After 
Boot 
Enables or disables the BIOS console redirection when the operating system is loaded. This option is set to 
Enabled by default.
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