Chapter 4: UEFI BIOS
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Redirection After BIOS POST
Use this feature to enable or disable legacy Console Redirection after BIOS POST. When
set to Bootloader, legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting the OS. When
set to Always Enable, legacy Console Redirection remains enabled when booting the OS.
The options are
Always Enable
and Bootloader.
Legacy Console Redirection
Legacy Serial Redirection Port
Use this feature to select a 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)
Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM port selected by the user for EMS Console Redirection. The
options are Enabled and
Disabled.
*If the feature above is set to Enabled, the following features will become available for
configuration:
Console Redirection Settings
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 Mgmt Port
The feature selects a serial port in a client server to be used by the Microsoft 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 VT100,
VT100+,
VT-UTF8
, and
ANSI.
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 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).
