Supermicro X11QPL User Manual page 108

Super X11QPL User's Manual
Redirection After BIOS Post
Use this feature to enable or disable Legacy Console Redirection after BIOS POST. When
the option-Bootloader is selected, Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting
the OS. When the option-Always Enable is selected, Legacy Console Redirection remains
enabled upon OS bootup. The options are Always Enable and Bootloader.
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management
Services (EMS)
The feature allows the user to configure Console Redirection settings to support Out-of-
Band Serial Port management.
Console Redirection (for EMS)
Select Enabled to use a COM port specified by the user for EMS Console Redirection. The
options are Enabled and Disabled.
*If the item above set to Enabled, the following items will become available for user's
configuration:
Console Redirection Settings (for EMS)
Out-of-Band Management Port
This 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 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 feature 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).
Flow Control
Use this feature 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.
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