Configuration Software and Utilities 51
System Management Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Board Part Number N/A Information field only
Board Serial Number N/A Information field only
System Part Number N/A Information field only
System Serial Number N/A Information field only
Chassis Part Number N/A Information field only
Chassis Serial Number N/A Information field only
BIOS Revision N/A Information field only
BMC Revision N/A Information field only
Primary HSBP Revision N/A Information field only
Console Redirection Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Serial Console
Redirection
Disabled
Enabled
If enabled, BIOS uses the specified serial port to redirect the
console to a remote ANSI terminal. Enabling this option will
disable the Quiet Boot option.
Serial Port
COM1 3F8 IRQ4
COM2 2F8 IRQ3
Serial port and IRQ designated for server management features.
Make sure these values are identical to those of Serial Port A and
B in the Peripheral Configuration Setup menu.
Baud Rate 9600
19.2k
38.4k
115.2k
Console Redirection, when enabled, uses the baud rate specified.
When the Direct Platform Control (DPC) shares the COM port as
console redirection, set the baud rate to 19.2k to match DPC baud
rate, unless the autobaud feature is used.
Flow Control No flow control
CTS/RTS
XON/XOFF
CTS/RTS + CD
None, disallows flow control.
CTS/RTS is hardware based flow control.
XON/XOFF is software flow control.
CTS/RTS +CD is hardware based plus carrier-detect flow control.
When DPC is sharing the COM port as Console Redirection, set
the flow control to XON/XOFF or XON/XOFF+CD depending
whether a modem is used.
Event Log Configuration Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Clear All Event
Logs
No
Yes
Setting this option to YES will clear the DMI event log after a system
reboot.
Event Logging Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, all systems events are logged.
Critical Event
Logging
Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, BIOS will detect and log events for system critical errors.
Critical errors are fatal to system operation. These errors include
PERR, SERR, ECC, Memory errors and NMI.