Chapter 4: BIOS
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| This option specifies the base I/O port address and Interrupt Request address of |
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| serial port 1. The options are DISABLED, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4 and 2E8/IRQ3. |
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| Select DISABLED to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources. |
Serial Port1 Address |
| When this option is set to DISABLED, the serial port physically becomes |
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| Select 3F8/IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I/O port address and |
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| IRQ 4 for the interrupt address. |
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| This option specifies the base I/O port address and Interrupt Request address of |
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| serial port 2. The options are DISABLED, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4 and 2E8/IRQ3. |
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| Select DISABLED to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources. |
Serial Port2 Address |
| When this option is set to DISABLED, the serial port physically becomes |
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| Select 2F8/IRQ3 to allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I/O port address and |
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| IRQ 3 for the interrupt address. |
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View Event Log | Highlight this item and press <ENTER> to view the contents of the event log. | |
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Mark All Events as | Highlight this item and press <ENTER> to mark all events as read. | |
Read | ||
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Clear Event Log | Select Yes and press <ENTER> to clear all event logs. The options are YES and | |
NO to verify. | ||
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Remote Access | Allows you to ENABLE or Disable remote access. If enabled, the settings below | |
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Serial Port Number | Selects the serial port to use for console redirection. Options are COM1 and | |
COM2. | ||
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Serial Port Mode | Selects the serial port settings to use. Options are (115200 8, n, 1), (57600 8, N, | |
1), (38400 8, N, 1), (19200 8, N, 1) and (09600 8, N, 1). | ||
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Flow Control | Selects the flow control to be used for console redirection. Options are None, | |
HARDWARE and SOFTWARE. | ||
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Redirection After | Options are DISABLE (no redirection after BIOS POST), BOOT LOADER | |
(redirection during POST and during boot loader) and Always (redirection | ||
BIOS POST | ||
always active). Note that some OS's may not work with this set to ALWAYS. | ||
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Terminal Type | Selects the type of the target terminal. Options are ANSI, VT100 and | |
Allows you to Enable or DISABLE | ||
Support | VT100 terminals. | |
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Sredir Memory | Use this setting to set the delay in seconds to display memory information. | |
Display Delay | Options are No Delay, 1 SEC, 2 SECS and 4 SECS. |