Chapter 4: BIOS
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Serial Port 2
Select Enabled to enable the selected onboard serial port. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
Device Settings
This feature displays the status of the serial port.
Change Settings
This feature specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of the
serial port. Select
Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically assign the base I/O and IRQ
address. The options are
Auto
, (IO=3F8h; IRQ=3;), (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3;), (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3;),
and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3;).
Serial Port 2 Attribute (Available for Serial Port 2 only)
Select SOL to use COM Port 2 as a Serial Over LAN (SOL) port for console redirection.
The options are
SOL
and
COM.
Serial Port Console Configuration
COM1 Console Redirection
Select Enabled to enable console redirection support for the serial port. The options are
Enabled and
Disabled
.
*If the feature above is set to Enabled, the following features is available for
configuration:
COM1 Console Redirection Settings
Use this feature to specify how the host computer exchanges data with the client computer,
which is the remote computer used by the user.
Terminal Type
This feature allows you 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
Use this feature to set 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, 38400, 57600 and
115200
(bits per second).
