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Change Settings (Not available when Serial Port 2 is set to Disabled.)
This feature specifi es the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of Serial
Port 2. Select Auto for the BIOS to automatically assign the base I/O and IRQ address to a
serial port specifi ed. The options for Serial Port 2 are Auto, (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3), (IO=3F8h;
IRQ=3), (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3), and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3).
Serial Port 2 Attribute
Select SOL to use COM Port 2 as a Serial_Over_LAN (SOL) port for console redirection.
The options are COM and SOL.
Serial Port Console Redirection
COM 1 Console Redirection
Select Enabled to enable COM Port 1 for Console Redirection, which will allow a client
machine to be connected to a host machine at a remote site for networking. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
*If the item above set to Enabled, the following items will become available for confi guration:
Console Redirection Settings (when COM1 Console Redirection is
Enabled)
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
Use this feature to set the transmission speed for a serial port used in Console Redirection.
Make sure that the same speed is used in the host computer as well as the client computer.
A lower transmission speed may be required for long and busy lines. The options are 9600,
19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200 (bits per second).
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 is even. Select
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