Console Redirection Settings

Enable or disable COM 1 device. If [Disable] is selected, the associated COM1 terminal settings will be hidden.

Enable is the default setting.

Enable or disable COM 2 device. If [Disable] is selected, the associated COM 2 terminal settings will be hidden.

Enable is the default setting.

Set remote console redirection preference to enable or disable console redirection. While [Auto] is selected, console redirection will be enabled automatically if IPMI Serial over LAN status is active.

Auto is the default setting.

Enable the system Baseboard Management Controller to allow access to the system serial port. If this option is set to [Enable], the BMC will be allowed to control the serial communication port as requested by remote control commands.

If sharing is [Disable], the serial port will be assigned to the BMC unless the “Serial Port Access Mode” is set to [Disable].

Disable is the default setting.

This option allows you to control the access the system Baseboard Management Controller has over the system serial port.

1. Shared mode: By selecting [Shared], the serial port will be available for POST and operating system use; however the BMC will/can monitor the serial data for a takeover control sequence.

2. Dedicated mode: By selecting [Dedicated], the BMC will have complete control of the serial port and POST and/or the operating system will not be able to use the serial port.

3. Disable mode: By selecting [Disable], the BMC will not have any access to the serial port.

Disable is the default setting.

This option is available only when Console Redirection, COM Port 1, and COM Port 2 are set to [Enable]. It allows you to choose which COM port to have the redirection.

Disable is the default setting.

Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy option ROM messages.

COM Port 1 is the default setting.

Settings required for serial connections used for asynchronous start-stop communication.

Control the connection speed between the host and remote system.

115200 is the default setting.

Set the number of Data bits in each character.

Select parity bit in each character to be [None], [Odd], or [Even]. [None] means that no parity bit is sent at all.

None is the default setting.

Set Stop Bits. Stop Bits sent at the end of every character allow the signal receiver to detect the end of a character and to resynchronize with the character stream.

Select [VT100] only if the remote emulator does not support ANSI text graphics. Consult the emulator documentation for more information. ANSI is the default setting.

When [Disable] is selected, the Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS. When [Enable] is selected, the Legacy Console Redirection is enabled for legacy OS.

Enable is the default setting.

Select [Hardware] only if the remote emulator support and is using hardware flow control. Consult the emulator documentation for more information.

Disable is the default setting.

Settings required for serial connections used for asynchronous start-stop communication.

Control the connection speed between the host and remote system.

115200 is the default setting.

Set the number of Data bits in each character.

Select parity bit in each character to be [None], [Odd], or [Even]. [None] means that no parity bit is sent at all.

None is the default setting.

Set Stop Bits. Stop Bits sent at the end of every character allow the signal receiver to detect the end of a character and to resynchronize with the character stream.

Select [VT100] only if the remote emulator does not support ANSI text graphics. Consult the emulator documentation for more information.

ANSI is the default setting.

When [Disable] is selected, the Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS. When [Enable] is selected, the Legacy Console Redirection is enabled for legacy OS.

Enable is the default setting.