IBM X3850 X6 - Enabling Sol in UEFI; Enabling Sol in the Operating System

Chapter 7. Management 229
In this section, we describe these topics:
򐂰 7.9.1, “Enabling SoL in UEFI” on page 229
򐂰 7.9.2, “Enabling SoL in the operating system” on page 229
򐂰 7.9.3, “How to start a SoL connection” on page 233
7.9.1 Enabling SoL in UEFI
To enable SoL from the UEFI interface at boot time, press F1 when given the option and
select System Settings  Devices and I/O Ports  Console Redirection Settings.
Table 7-5 lists the UEFI settings that need to be set.
Table 7-5 Settings in UEFI for SoL
7.9.2 Enabling SoL in the operating system
In this section, we describe the settings to enable SoL in these operating systems:
򐂰 Windows Server 2008
򐂰 Linux
Value x3850 X6 and x3950 X6
General settings
COM Port 1 Enable
COM Port 2 Enable
Remote Console Enable
Serial Port Sharing Enable
Serial Port Access Mode Shared
Legacy Option ROM Display COM Port 2
COM settings
Baud Rate 115200
Data Bits 8
Parity None
Stop Bits 1
Terminal Emulation VT100
Active After Boot Enable
Flow Control Hardware
Tip: Terminal Emulation can be set either to VT100 or ANSI; however, when configuring
Linux operating systems, make sure that the OS settings match the terminal emulation that
is selected in the hardware.