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Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency
Management Services (EMS)
The submenu allows the user to configure Console Redirection settings to sup-
port Out-of-Band Serial Port management.
EMS Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM port selected by the user for EMS Console Redi-
rection. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
*If the item above set to Enabled, the following items will become available for
user's configuration:
EMS Console Redirection Settings (Available when EMS
Console Redirection is enabled)
This feature specifies how the host computer exchanges data with the client com-
puter, which is the remote computer used by the user.
Out-of-Band Management Port
The feature selects a serial port in a client server to be used by the Windows
Emergency Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote host
server. The options are COM1 (Console Redirection) and COM2/SOL (Console
Redirection).
Terminal Type
Use this item to select the target terminal emulation type for Console Redirec-
tion. 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 Redi-
rection. Be sure to use the same speed 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).
Flow Control
Use this item to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data
loss caused by buffer overflow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop data-sending when
the receiving buffer is full. Send a "Start" signal to start data-sending when
the receiving buffer is empty. The options are None, Hardware RTS/CTS, and
Software Xon/Xoff.
The following settings will be displayed: Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits
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