Console Redirection Settings

Description

Enable/disable COM1 device. If this item is set to Disable, the associated COM1 terminal settings will be hidden.

Enable/disable COM2 device. If this item is set to Disable, the associated COM2 terminal settings will be hidden.

Set remote console redirection preference to enable or disable console redirection. While Auto is set, 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.

• Enable: the BMC will be allowed to control the serial communication port as requested by remote control commands.

• Disable: the serial port will be assigned to the BMC unless the Serial Port Access Mode is set to Disable.

Control the access the System Baseboard Management Controller has over the system serial port.

• Shared mode: 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.

• Dedicated mode: 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.

• Disable mode: the BMC will not have any access to the serial port.

This item is only displayed while Console Redirection, COM Port 1 and COM Port 2 are all set to Enable. It allows you to choose which COM port to have the redirection.

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

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 is the default setting and 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 resynchronize with the character stream.

• VT100: select this item if the remote emulator does not support ANSI text graphics.

• Enable: Legacy Console Redirection is enabled for legacy OS.

• Disable: Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS.

• Disable: the default setting.

• Hardware: select this item only if the remote emulator support and is using hardware flow control.

Settings are required for serial connections which are 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 is the default setting and 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 resynchronize with the character stream.

• VT100: select this item if the remote emulator does not support ANSI text graphics.

• Enable: Legacy Console Redirection is enabled for legacy OS.

• Disable: Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS.