Chapter 6 UEFI BIOS
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Legacy Console Redirection Settings
Legacy Serial Redirection Port
Select the COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM messages.
The options are COM1 and
COM2/SOL
.
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management Services
(EMS)
The submenu 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 selected by the user for EMS Console Redirection. The
options are
Disabled
and Enabled.
If the item above is set to Enabled, the following items become available for configuration:
Console Redirection Settings
(EMS)
Out-of-Band Management Port
The 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
and COM2/SOL.
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.
Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits —
The setting for each is displayed.