Chapter 4: 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 Sub-menu
Legacy Serial Redirection Port
Use this setting to select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy
OPROM messages. Options include COM1 Console Redirection or COM2/SOL Console
Redirection.
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).
