Chapter 4: UEFI BIOS
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Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management Services
(EMS)
The submenu allows the user to configure Console Redirection settings to support Out-of-
Band Serial Port management.
Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM port selected by the user for EMS Console Redirection. The
options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
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 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).
Flow Control
Use this feature to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data loss caused
by buffer overflow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop sending data when the receiving buffer
is full. Send a "Start" signal to start sending data when the receiving buffer is empty. The
options are
None,
Hardware RTS/CTS, and Software Xon/Xoff.
