Console Redirection Settings

Enable or disable COM 1 device.

If [Disabled] is selected, the associated COM1 terminal settings will be hidden.

Enable or disable virtual COM 2 device.

If [Disabled] is selected, the SSH connection will be disabled.

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.

Enable the system Baseboard Management Controller to allow access to the system serial port.

If this option is set to [Enabled], the BMC will be allowed to control the serial communication port as requested by remote control commands.

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

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

• (a) 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.
• (b) 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.
• (c) Disable mode:

  • By selecting [Disabled], the BMC will not have any access to the serial port.

Serial Over LAN (SOL) or SSH redirection enables a system administrator to use the BMC as a serial terminal server. It allows you to choose which mode to have the redirection.

If this option is set to [Disabled], it will be configured with Serial over Lan (SOL).

A server serial port can be accessed from SSH connection (Virtual COM 2) when SP Redirection is set to [Enabled].

Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM Messages.

When [Disabled] is selected, then Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS.

When [Enabled] is selected, then Legacy Console Redirection is enabled for legacy OS.

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

Control the connection speed between the host and remote system.

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.

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 resynthesize with the character stream.

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