Dell E31S Series Owner's Manual page 47

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Integrated Devices
Serial Communication
You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.
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Serial Communication details
Viewing Serial Communication
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System BIOS
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
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
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.
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Serial Communication details
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Serial Communication
Serial Communication details
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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 redirection can
Communication
also be enabled and the port address can be specified. This option is set to Auto by default.
Serial Port Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to Serial Device 1=COM2, Serial
Address Device 2=COM1 by default.
External Serial
Enables you to associate the External Serial Connector to Serial Device 1, Serial Device 2, or the Remote Access
Connector
Device by using this option.
NOTE: You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature. To use console
redirection by SOL, configure the same port address for console redirection and the serial device.
NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting saved in iDRAC. The
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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