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Chapter 5: BIOS
Putty KeyPad
This feature selects the settings for Function Keys and KeyPad used for
Putty, which is a terminal emulator designed for the Windows OS. The
options are VT100, LINUX, XTERMR6, SC0, ESCN, and VT400.
Redirection After BIOS
Post
Use this feature to enable or disable legacy console redirection after BIOS
POST. When set to Bootloader, legacy console redirection is disabled
before booting the OS. When set to Always Enable, legacy console
redirection remains enabled when booting the OS. The options are Always
Enable and Bootloader.
Legacy Serial
Redirection Port (for
Legacy Console
Redirection only)
Use this setting to select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS
and Legacy OPROM messages. Options include COM1 Console
Redirection or COM2/SOL Console Redirection.
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management
Services (EMS)
Console Redirection (for
EMS)
Select Enabled to use a COM Port selected by the user for Console
Redirection. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Console Redirection
Settings (for EMS)
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
Management Port
The feature selects a serial port used by the Microsoft Windows
Emergency Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a
remote server. The options are COM1 Console Redirection and
COM2/SOL Console Redirection.
Terminal Type
This feature allows the user 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 ANSI, VT100, VT100+, and VT-UTF8.
Bits Per Second
This item 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
This feature allows the user 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.
Data Bits, Parity, Stop
Bits
The status of each item above is displayed.
Table 5-11. Serial Port Console Redirection Sub-menu (Continued)
Menu Option Description