Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual page 63

Serial Communication
You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.
Related references
System BIOS on page 43
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Serial Communication details
Viewing Serial Communication
Viewing Serial Communication
To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
NOTE:
restart your system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.
Related references
Serial Communication on page 63
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Serial Communication details
Serial Communication details
About this task
The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
Serial
Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS. BIOS console
Communication
redirection can also be enabled and the port address can be specified. This option is set to Auto by
default.
Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to Serial Device 1=COM2,
Serial Port
Serial Device 2=COM1 by default.
Address
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You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature. To use console
NOTE:
redirection by SOL, configure the same port address for console redirection and the serial device.
Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting saved in iDRAC. The
NOTE:
serial MUX setting can independently be changed in iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from
within the BIOS setup utility may not always revert the serial MUX setting to the default setting of
Serial Device 1.
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