User Manual

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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Redirection After BIOS Post
Use this feature to enable or disable legacy Console Redirection after BIOS
POST (Power-On Self-Test). When this feature is set to Bootloader, legacy
Console Redirection is disabled before booting the OS. When this feature is set
to Always Enable, legacy Console Redirection remains enabled upon OS boot.
The options are Always Enable and Bootloader.
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management
Services (EMS)
The submenu allows the user to confi gure Console Redirection settings to support
Out-of-Band Serial Port management.
Enable Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM port selected by the user for EMS Console
Redirection. The options are Enabled (checked) and Disabled (unchecked).
*If the item above set to Enabled, the following items will become available for
user's confi guration:
Console Redirection Settings
Out-of-Band Management Port
The feature selects a serial port in a client system to be used by the Windows
Emergency Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote host
system. The options are COM1 (Console Redirection) and SOL (Console
Redirection).
Terminal Type
Use this feature 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 both 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).