Console Redirection Submenu

Table 29. Console Redirection Submenu

Feature

Choices

Description

COM Port Address:

Disabled

When enabled, Console Redirection uses the I/O port specified.

Redirection

3F8

When disabled, Console Redirection is completely disabled.

disabled

2F8

 

 

3E8

 

IRQ #

3 or 4

When Console Redirection is enabled, this displays the IRQ

 

 

assigned per the address chosen in the COM Port Address field.

Baud Rate

9600

When Console Redirection is enabled, use the baud rate

 

19.2k

specified.

 

38.4k

When the Direct Platform Control (DPC) shares the COM port as

 

115.2k

console redirection, the baud rate must be set to 19.2k to match

 

 

DPC baud rate, unless the autobaud feature is used.

Flow Control

No flow control

None disallows flow control.

 

CTS/RTS

CTS/RTS is hardware based flow control.

 

XON/XOFF

XON/XOFF is software flow control.

 

CTS/RTS + CD

CTS/RTS +CD is hardware based plus carrier-detect flow control.

 

 

When DPC is sharing the Comm port as Console Redirection, the

 

 

flow control must be set to XON/XOFF or XON/XOFF+CD

 

 

depending on whether a modem is used.

EMP Configuration Submenu

Table 30. EMP Configuration Submenu

Feature

Choices

Description

EMP Password

Disabled

Enabled/Disables EMP password.

Switch

Enabled

 

 

 

 

EMP ESC

+++ or other

Escape string for the modem EMP port.

Sequence

text

 

EMP Hang-up Line

ATH or other

Hang-up string for the modem EMP port.

String

text

 

Modem Init String

ATE1Q0V1X4&

20 characters to set up the modem.

 

D0S0=0 or

 

 

other text

 

EMP Access Mode

Pre-Boot Only

Establishes EMP access mode.

 

Always

 

 

Active

 

 

Disabled

 

EMP Restricted

Disabled

Enables/Disables EMP Restricted Mode Access.

Mode Access

Enabled

 

EMP Direct

Direct Connect

Establishes connection for EMP port.

Connect/Modem

Modem Mode

 

Mode

 

 

System Phone

[Phone number]

Phone number of system you are dialing into.

Number

 

 

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