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Out-of-Band Management Port
The feature selects a serial port used by the Microsoft Windows Emergency
Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote server. The options
are COM1 and SOL.
Terminal Type
This feature allows the user 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
This item sets the transmission speed for a serial port used in Console
Redirection. 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
This feature allows the user to set the fl ow control for Console Redirection to
prevent data loss caused by buffer overfl ow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop sending
data when the receiving 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, Parity, Stop Bits
The setting for each of these items is displayed.
ACPI Confi guration
Use this feature to confi gure Advanced Confi guration and Power Interface (ACPI)
power management settings for your system.
High Precision Event Timers
Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer (HPET) that produces
periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does
in synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing
the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC
Instruction embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used
to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
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