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UPER ERVER 6018R-MD/MDR User's Manual
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency
Management Services (EMS)
The submenu allows the user to configure Console Redirection settings to sup-
port Out-of-Band Serial Port management.
EMS Console Redirection
Select Enabled to use a COM port selected by the user for EMS Console Redi-
rection. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
*If the option above is set to Enabled, the following items will become available
for user configuration:
EMS Console Redirection Settings (Available when EMS
Console Redirection is enabled)
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.
Out-of-Band Management Port
The feature selects a serial port in a client server to be used by the Windows
Emergency Management Services (EMS) to communicate with a remote host
server. The options are COM1 and SOL/COM2.
Terminal Type
This feature allows the user to select the emulation type for the target terminal
used for EMS 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 VT100, VT100+,
VT-UTF8, and ANSI.
Bits Per Second
This item sets the transmission speed, in bits per second, for a serial port used
in Console Redirection. Make sure that the same speed is used in both 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.
Flow Control
Use this item to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data
loss caused by buffer overflow. It will send a "Stop" signal to stop sending data
when the receiving buffer is full and 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.
The setting for each these features is displayed:
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