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Console Redirection Settings

Table 1. Console Redirection Settings
ItemOptionsDescription
COM Port 1

  • Enabled (Default)

  • Disabled

Enable or disable the COM 1 device.

When [Disabled] is selected, the associated COM 1 terminal settings are hidden.

Virtual COM Port 2

  • Enabled (Default)

  • Disabled

Enable or disable the Virtual COM Port 2 device.

When [Disabled] is selected, SSH for console redirection is disabled.

Console Redirection

  • Enabled

  • Disabled

  • Auto (Default)

Set remote console redirection preference to enable or disable console redirection.

When [Auto] is selected, console redirection is enabled automatically if IPMI Serial over LAN (SOL) status is active.

Serial Port Sharing

  • Enabled

  • Disabled (Default)

Enable the BMC to allow access to the system serial port.

When [Enabled] is selected, the BMC is allowed to control the serial communication port as requested by remote control commands.

When [Disabled] is selected, the serial port is assigned to BMC unless Serial Port Access Mode is set to [Disabled].

Serial Port Access Mode

  • Shared

  • Dedicated

  • Disabled (Default)

Control the access that the system BMC has over the system serial port.

  • [Shared]: The serial port is available for POST and operating system use; however, the BMC will/can monitor the serial data for a takeover control.

  • [Dedicated]: The BMC has complete control of the serial port. POST and/or OS will not be able to use the serial port.

  • [Disabled]: The BMC has no access to the serial port.

SP Redirection

  • Enabled

  • Disabled (Default)

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

  • When [Disabled] is selected, it is configured with SOL redirection.

  • When [Enabled] is selected, a server serial port can be accessed from SSH connection (Virtual COM 2).

Note
This item is only displayed when Console Redirection is set to [Enabled].
COM1 Settings
COM1 Baud Rate

  • 115200 (Default)

  • 57600

  • 38400

  • 19200

  • 9600

Control the connection speed between the host and the remote system.

COM1 Data Bits

  • 8 (Default)

  • 7

Set the number of data bits in each character.

COM1 Parity

  • None (Default)

  • Odd

  • Even

Set the parity bit in each character to be [None], [Odd], or [Even].

[None] means that no parity bit is transmitted.

COM1 Stop Bits

  • 2

  • 1 (Default)

Set Stop Bits. Stop bits which follow at the end of each character allow the signal receiver to detect the end of a character and to resynchronize with the character stream.

COM1 Terminal Emulation

  • VT100

  • VT100Plus

  • VT-UTF8

  • ANSI (Default)

Select [VT100] only if the remote emulator does not support ANSI text graphics.

Note
If needed, change the character encoding setting in the remote emulator to ensure the characters show correctly.
COM1 Flow Control

  • Disabled (Default)

  • Hardware

Select [Hardware] only if the remote emulator supports and is using hardware flow control.