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Key
Option
<F9>
Setup Defaults
<F10>
Save and Exit
Each Setup Utility menu page contains a number of features. Some features are used for informative
purposes only, and other features are associated with a value field that you can configure. Depending
on the security option chosen and in effect, a menu feature's value may be changeable. If a value
cannot be changed, the feature's value field is inaccessible.
Console Redirection
The BIOS supports redirection of both video and keyboard through a serial link (COM port). When
console redirection is enabled, local (host server) keyboard input and video output are passed both
to the local keyboard and video connections and to the remote console via the serial link. Keyboard
inputs from both sources are considered valid and video is displayed to both outputs. With console
redirection, the system can be operated without a host keyboard or monitor attached to the system
and run entirely via the remote console. Setup and any other text-based utilities can be accessed via
console redirection.
Serial Configuration Settings
When redirecting through a modem (as opposed to a null modem cable), the modem needs to be
configured with the following:
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Auto-answer (for example, ATS0=, to answer after two rings).
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Modem reaction to DTR set to return to command state (e.g., AT&D1).
Failure to provide the second item will result in the modem either dropping the link when the server
reboots (as in AT&D0) or becoming unresponsive to server baud rate changes (as in AT&D).
The option for handshaking must be set to RTS/CTS + CD for optimum performance. The CD refers
to carrier detect. If EMP is sharing the COM port with serial redirection, the handshaking must be
set to Xon/Xoff + CD. In selecting this form of handshaking, the server is prevented from sending
video updates to a modem that is not connected to a remote modem. If this is not selected, video
update data being sent to the modem inhibits many modems from answering an incoming call. An
EMP option utilizing CD should not be used if a modem is not used and the CD is not connected.
Both EMP and console redirection require N, 8, 1 mode (no parity, 8-bit data, 1 stop bit).
The BIOS does not require that the splash logo be turned off for console redirection to function. The
BIOS supports multiple consoles, some of which are in graphics mode and some in text mode. The
graphics consoles can display the logo while the text consoles receive the redirected text.
The console redirection ends at the beginning of the Legacy OS boot (INT 19h).
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Description
Pressing <F9> causes the following to appear:
Load default configuration now? (Y/N)
If the "Y" key is pressed, all Setup fields are set to their
default values. If the "N" key is pressed, or if the <Esc> key is
pressed, you are returned to where you were before <F9> was
pressed without affecting any existing field values
Pressing <F10> causes the following message to appear:
Save Configuration changes and exit now? (Y/N)
If the "Y" key is pressed, all changes are saved and Setup is
exited. If the "N" key is pressed, or the <Esc> key is pressed,
you are returned to where you were before <F10> was pressed
without affecting any existing values.
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