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Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management
Services (EMS)
The feature allows the user to configure Console Redirection settings to support Out-of-
Band Serial Port management.
Console Redirection (for EMS)
Select Enabled to use a COM port specified by the user for EMS Console Redirection. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
*If the item above is set to Enabled, the following items will become available for user's
configuration:
Console Redirection Settings (for EMS)
Out-of-Band Management Port
This feature selects a serial port in a client server to be used by the Windows Emergency
Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote host server. The options are
COM1 (Console Redirection) and COM2/SOL (Console Redirection).
Terminal Type
Use this feature to select the target terminal emulation type for Console Redirection. Select
VT100 to use the ASCII character set. Select VT100+ to add color and function key support.
Select ANSI to use the extended ASCII character set. Select VT-UTF8 to use UTF8 encoding
to map Unicode characters into one or more bytes. The options are ANSI, VT100, VT100+,
and VT-UTF8 .
Bits Per Second
This feature sets the transmission speed for a serial port used in Console Redirection. Make
sure that the same speed is used in both host computer and the client computer. A lower
transmission speed may be required for long and busy lines. The options are 9600, 19200,
57600, and 115200 (bits per second).
Flow Control
Use this feature to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data loss caused
by buffer overflow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop data-sending when the receiving buffer is
full. Send a "Start" signal to start data-sending when the receiving buffer is empty. The
options are None, Hardware RTS/CTS, and Software Xon/Xoff.
The setting for each these features is displayed:
Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits