Owners Manual

Viewing Serial Communication

To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps:

1. Turn on, or restart your system.

2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish

booting, and then restart your system and try again.

3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.

4. On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.

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Serial Communication

Serial Communication details

The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Description

Serial

Communication

Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS.

BIOS console redirection can also be enabled and the port address can be

specified. This option is set to Auto by default.

Serial Port

Address

Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to Serial

Device 1=COM2, Serial Device 2=COM1 by default.

NOTE: You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature.

To use console redirection by SOL, configure the same port address for

console redirection and the serial device.

NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting

saved in iDRAC. The serial MUX setting can independently be changed in

iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from within the BIOS setup utility

may not always revert the serial MUX setting to the default setting of Serial

Device 1.

External Serial

Connector

Enables you to associate the External Serial Connector to Serial Device 1, Serial

Device 2, or the Remote Access Device by using this option.

NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be used for Serial Over LAN (SOL). To use

console redirection by SOL, configure the same port address for console

redirection and the serial device.

NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting

saved in iDRAC. The serial MUX setting can independently be changed in

iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from within the BIOS setup utility

may not always revert this setting to the default setting of Serial Device 1.

Failsafe Baud Rate Specifies the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to

determine the baud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the