Chapter 7: BIOS
Change Settings
This option specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address
of COM Port 2. The options are Auto, IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3; IO=2F8h;
IRQ=3; IO=3E8h; IRQ=5; IO=2E8h; IRQ=7; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12;
IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12; and
IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12.
SOL (Serial-Over-LAN) Device Mode
Use this feature to select the desired mode for the serial port specified. The options
are Normal and High Speed.
Serial Port 2 Attribute
Use this feature to select the attribute for serial port 2. The options are SOL (Serial
-Over-LAN) and COM.
Serial Port Console Redirection
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COM1, COM2/SOL
These two submenus allow the user to configure the following Console Redirection
settings for a COM Port specified by the user.
Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM Port selected by the user for Console Redirection.
The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default setting for COM1 is Disabled,
and for COM2 is Enabled.
Serial Port Console Redirection
COM1 and SOL
These two submenus allow the user to configure the following Console Redirection
settings for a serial port selected by the user.
COM1 Console Redirection/SOL Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a serial port selected by the user to be used for Console
Redirection. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default setting for COM1
is Disabled, and for SOL is Enabled.
Console Redirection Settings
Use this feature to specify how the host computer will exchange data with the client
computer, which is the remote computer used by the user.
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