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Chapter 7: AMI BIOS
EMS (Emergency Management Services) Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM port selected by the user for EMS Console Redirec-
tion. 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
This feature allows the user to specify how the host computer will exchange data
with the client computer, which is the remote computer used by the user.
Out-of-Band Mgmt Port
The feature selects a serial port in a client server to be used by the Microsoft
Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote
host server. The options are COM1 and SOL.
Terminal Type
Use this feature 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 Redirec-
tion. Make sure that the same speed is used in the 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 sending data when the re-
ceiving buffer is full. Send a "Start" signal to start sending data when the receiving
buffer is empty. The options are None, Hardware RTS/CTS, and Software Xon/Xoff.
Data Bits
Use this feature to set the data transmission size for Console Redirection. The
options are 7 (Bits) and 8 (Bits).
Parity
A parity bit can be sent along with regular data bits to detect data transmission
errors. Select Even if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits
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