Chapter 4: BIOS
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COM1 Redirection After BIOS POST
Use this feature to enable or disable legacy console redirection after BIOS POST (Power-
On Self-Test). When this feature is 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.
SOL (Serial-Over-LAN)/COM2 Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use the SOL port for Console Redirection. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
*If the item above set to Enabled, the following items will become available for user's
configuration:
SOL/COM2 Console Redirection Settings
Use this feature to specify how the host computer will exchange data with the client computer,
which is the remote computer used by the user.
COM2 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.
COM2 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).
COM2 Data Bits
Use this feature to set the data transmission size for Console Redirection. The options are
7 (Bits) and
8 (Bits)
.
COM2 Parity
A parity bit can be sent along with regular data bits to detect data transmission errors. Select
Even if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits is even. Select Odd if the
parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits is odd. Select None if you do not want
to send a parity bit with your data bits in transmission. Select Mark to add a mark as a parity
bit to be sent along with the data bits. Select Space to add a Space as a parity bit to be sent
with your data bits. The options are
None
, Even, Odd, Mark and Space.
