Chapter 4: BIOS
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Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management
Services (EMS)
Console Redirection (for EMS)
Select Enabled to use a COM Port selected by the user for Console Redirection. The options
are Enabled and Disabled.
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Console Redirection Settings (for EMS)
This feature allows the user to specify how the host computer will exchange data with the
client computer, which is the remote computer used by the user.
Out-of-Band Management Port
The feature selects a serial port used by the Microsoft Windows Emergency Management
Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote server. The options are COM1 Console
Redirection and COM2/SOL Console Redirection.
Terminal Type
This feature allows the user 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 item sets the transmission speed for a serial port used in Console Redirection. Make
sure that the same speed is used in the 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
This feature allows the user to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data
loss caused by buffer overflow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop sending data when the receiving
buffer is full. Send a "Start" signal to start sending data when the receiving buffer is empty.
The options are None, Hardware RTS/CTS, and Software Xon/Xoff.
Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits
The status of each item above is displayed.
