QUANTA STRATOS S210 Series S210-X12MS, Technical Manual

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BIOS S
ERVER
M
ANAGEMENT
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3.3 Server Management
The BIOS supports many standard-based server management
features and several proprietary features. The Intelligent
Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is an industry standard
and defines standardized, abstracted interfaces to platform
management hardware. The BIOS implements many
proprietary features that are allowed by the IPMI specification,
but these features are outside the scope of the IPMI
specification. This section describes the implementation of the
standard and proprietary features.
Console Redirection
The BIOS supports redirection of both video and keyboard via a
serial link (serial port). When console redirection is enabled, the
local, or host server, keyboard input and video output are
passed both to the local keyboard and video connections, and
to the remote console through the serial link. Keyboard inputs
from both sources are considered valid and video is displayed
to both outputs.
As an option, the system can be operated without a host
keyboard or monitor attached to the system and run entirely via
the remote console. Utilities that can be executed remotely
include BIOS Setup.
Serial Configuration Settings
For optimal configuration of Serial Over LAN or EMP see the
BMC Specification.
The BIOS does not require that the splash logo be turned off for
console redirection to function. The BIOS supports multiple
consoles, some of which are in graphics mode and some in text
mode. The graphics consoles can display the logo and the text
consoles receive the redirected text.
Keystroke Mapping
During console redirection, the remote terminal sends
keystrokes to the local server. The remote terminal can be a
dumb terminal with a direct connection and running a
communication program. The keystroke mapping follows VT-
UTF8 format with the following extensions.
Table 3-37: Keystroke mappings
K
EY
ANSI E
SCAPE
S
EQUENCE
W
INDOWS
P
LATFORM
D
ESIGN
N
OTE
F1 <ESC><Shift>op <ESC>1
F2 <ESC><Shift>oq <ESC>2
F3 <ESC><Shift>or <ESC>3
F4 <ESC><Shift>os <ESC>4