Server Management - QUANTA W Mainboard Series S210-MBT2W Technical Manual

BIOS

[2.3.192] Server Management

[2.3.193] The BIOS supports many standard-based server
management features and several proprietary features. The
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is an industry
standard and defines standardized, abstracted interfaces to
platform management hardware. The BIOS implements many
proprietary features that are allowed by the IPMI specification,
but these features are outside the scope of the IPMI specifica-
tion. This section describes the implementation of the standard
and proprietary features.
[2.3.194]
[2.3.195] Console Redirection
[2.3.196] The BIOS supports redirection of both video and key-
board via a serial link (serial port). When console redirection is
enabled, the local, or host server, keyboard input and video out-
put are passed both to the local keyboard and video connec-
tions, and to the remote console through the serial link.
Keyboard inputs from both sources are considered valid and
video is displayed to both outputs.
[2.3.197] As an option, the system can be operated without a
host keyboard or monitor attached to the system and run
entirely via the remote console. Utilities that can be executed
remotely include BIOS Setup.
[2.3.198] Serial Configuration Set-
tings
[2.3.199] For optimal configuration of Serial Over LAN or EMP
see the BMC Specification.
[2.3.200] The BIOS does not require that the splash logo be
turned off for console redirection to function. The BIOS sup-
ports multiple consoles, some of which are in graphics mode
and some in text mode. The graphics consoles can display the
logo and the text consoles receive the redirected text.
[2.3.201] Keystroke Mapping
[2.3.202] During console redirection, the remote terminal sends
keystrokes to the local server. The remote terminal can be a
dumb terminal with a direct connection and running a communi-
cation program. The keystroke mapping follows VT-UTF8 for-
mat with the following extensions.
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