BIOS Setup - 57 -
Console Redirection
(Note)
Select whether to enable console redirection for specied device. Console redirection enables users to
manage the system from a remote location.
Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Disabled.
Console Redirection Settings
Out-of-Bnad Mgmt Port
Microsoft Windows Emerency Management Service (EMS) allows for remote management of a Windows
Server OS through a serial port.
Options available: COM1
Terminal Type
Select a terminal type to be used for console redirection.
Options available: VT100/VT100+/ANSI /VT-UTF8.
Bits per second
Select the baud rate for console redirection.
Options available: 9600/19200/57600/115200.
Flow Control
Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are
full, a 'stop' signal can be sent to stop the data ow. Once the buffers are empty, a 'start' signal can be
sent to re-start the ow. Hardware ow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals.
Options available: None/Hardware RTS/CTS.
Data Bits
Select the data bits for console redirection.
Options available: 7/8.
Parity
A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors.
Even: parity bi is 0 if the num of 1's in the data bits is even.
Odd: parity bit is0if num of 1's the data bits is odd.
Mark: parity bit is always 1. Space: Parity bit is always 0.
Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection.
Options available: None/Even/Odd/Mark/Space.
Stop Bits
Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning). The standard
setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit.
Options available: 1/2.
BMC SOL Serial Port Switch
Enabled: COM1 Switch to AST2300 SOL UART.
Disabled: COM1 Switch to IT8728 SOL UART1.
Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Disabled.
(Note) Advanced items prompt when this item is dened.