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FW-8894 User Manual
Console redirection lets you monitor and configure a system from a remote terminal computer by
redirecting keyboard input and text output through the serial port. These following steps illustrate how to
use this feature. The BIOS of the system allows the redirection of the console I/O to a serial port. With this
configured, you can remotely access the entire boot sequence through a console port.
1. Connect one end of the console cable to console port of the system and the other end to the serial port
of the Remote Client System.
2. Configure the following settings in the BIOS Setup menu:
BIOS > Advanced > Remote Access Configuration > Serial Port Mode > [115200, 8 , n ,1 ]
3. Configure Console Redirection on the client system. The following is an example on Windows platform:
a.
Click the Start button, point to Programs > Accessories > Communications and select Hyper
Terminal.
b.
Enter any name for the new connection and select any icon.
c.
Click OK.
d.
From the "Connect to". Pull-down menu, select the appropriate Com port on the client system
and click OK.
e.
Select 115200 for the Baud Rate, None. for Flow control, 8 for the Data Bit, None for Parity Check,
and 1 for the Stop Bit.
For items on the setup, please refer to the console redirection of the BIOS menu.
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