Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 | System BIOS |
10.4.2Keystroke Mappings
During console redirection, the remote terminal (which may be a dumb terminal or a system with a modem running a communication program) sends keystrokes to the local server. The local server passes video back over this same link. The keystroke mappings follow
10.4.2.1Setup Alias Keys
The <Del> and
10.4.2.2Standalone <Esc> Key for Headless Operation
The Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 BIOS is configured to support the Microsoft Headless Design Guidelines which describe a very specific implementation for the <Esc> key as a single standalone keystroke:
<ESC> followed by a
<ESC> followed within two seconds by one or more characters that are not forming a sequence described in this specification must be interpreted as <ESC> plus the character or characters, not an escape sequence.
When enabled in the BIOS Setup, and sent from a remote terminal, the key sequence “<esc>R<esc>r<esc>R” will perform a Remote Console Reset.
10.4.3Limitations
The BIOS console redirection terminates after an
The BIOS console redirection is a text console and any graphical data, such as a logo, are not redirected.
10.4.4Interface to Server Management
If the BIOS determines that console redirection is enabled, it will read the current baud rate and pass this value to the appropriate management controller via the IPMB.
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