Special Administration Console is a text mode management console that is available after Windows
Server 2008 or 2012 OS is initialized.
Microsoft enables EMS in the OS, and you must also enable EMS in the ROM. When enabled, EMS
assumes the serial port for redirection and can cause interference with other devices attached to the
serial port. To avoid interference, EMS is disabled in the system ROM by default on ProLiant ML and DL
servers. If EMS is disabled in Windows Server 2008 or 2012,
on a COM
port, and reboot the server to update the
boot.ini
file.
Configuring the EMS console
Procedure
1.
From the
System Utilities
screen, select
System Configuration
>
BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU)
>
BIOS Serial Console and EMS
>
EMS Console
and press
Enter
.
2.
Select a setting and press
Enter
.
a. Disabled
b. COM1
—Enables the EMS console on the COM1 port.
c. COM2
—Enables the EMS console on the COM2 port.
3.
Press
F10
.
Configuring BIOS serial console and EMS options
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