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Chapter 7: BIOS

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Redirection After BIOS Post

Use this item to enable or disable legacy Console Redirection after BIOS POST
(Power-On Self-Test). When "Bootloader" is selected, legacy Console Redirec-
tion is disabled before booting the OS. When "Always Enable" is selected, legacy
Console Redirection remains enabled while the OS boots up. The options are

Always Enable

and Bootloader.

SOL

SOL Console Redirection

Select Enabled to use the SOL port for Console Redirection. The options are

En-

abled

and Disabled.

*If the item above set to Enabled, the following items will become available for
user's configuration:



SOL 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.

Terminal Type

Use this feature to select the target terminal emulation type for Console Redirec-
tion. 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

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).

Data Bits

Use this feature to set the data transmission size for Console Redirection. The
options are 7 (Bits) and

8 (Bits)

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.

Stop Bits

A stop bit indicates the end of a serial data packet. Select 1 Stop Bit for standard
serial data communication. Select 2 Stop Bits if slower devices are used. The
options are

and 2.

Flow Control

Use this feature to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data
loss caused by the overflow in the buffer. Send a "Stop" signal to stop sending

data when the receiving buffer is full. Send a "Start" signal to start data-sending
when the receiving buffer is empty. The options are

None

and Hardware RTS/

CTS.

VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support

Select Enabled to enable VT-UTF8 Combination Key support for ANSI/VT100
terminals. The options are

Enabled

and Disabled

Recorder Mode

Select Enabled to capture the data displayed on a terminal and send it as text
messages to a remote server. The options are

Disabled

and Enabled.

Resolution 100x31

Select Enabled for extended-terminal resolution support. The options are Dis-
abled and

Enabled

Legacy OS Redirection Resolution

Use this feature to select the number of rows and columns used in Console
Redirection for legacy OS support. The options are 80x24 and

80x25

Putty KeyPad

This feature selects Function Keys and KeyPad settings for Putty, which is a
terminal emulator designed for the Windows OS. The options are

VT100

, LINUX,

XTERMR6, SCO, ESCN, and VT400.

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 this feature is set
to Always Enable, legacy Console Redirection remains enabled upon OS boot.
The options are

Always Enable

and Bootloader.