SUPER MICRO Computer SBI-7127R-S6 user manual SuperIO Device Configuration Sub-menu Menu Option

Chapter 5: BIOS

Table 5-8. SuperIO Device Configuration Sub-menu (Continued)

Menu Option

Serial Port 2 Configuration submenu

Serial Port

Device Settings

Change Settings

Serial Port Mode

Description

This submenu allows you to configure Serial Port 2.

This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the Serial Port.

This static display shows device settings for serial port 2 configuration.

Use this setting to select an optimal setting for the Super IO device to use for the Serial Port. Options include Auto, IO=3F8h/IRQ=4, IO=3F8h/IRQ=3~12, IO=2F8h/IRQ=3~12, IO=3E8h/IRQ=3~12 and IO=2E8h/IRQ=3~12

This setting allows you to set the Serial Port Mode to either Normal or High Speed.

	Table 5-9. Serial Port Console Redirection Sub-menu
Menu Option		Description
COM1

Console Redirection

Console Redirection Settings

Terminal Type

Bits per Second

Data Bits

Parity

Stop Bits

Flow Control

VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support

Recorder Mode

Use this setting to Enable or Disable Console Redirection for the COM1 port.

This submenu contains Console Redirection settings for the COM1 port. This menu is only available when Console Redirection is enabled.

This setting allows you to select the Terminal Type to use for Console Redirection emulation. Options include ANSI (extended ASCII character set), VT100 (ASCII character set), VT100+ (extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc.) and VT-UTF8 (uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode characters onto one or more bytes).

This setting selects the serial port transmission speed, which must be matched on the other side. Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds. Options include 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200.

This sets the number of data bits as either 7 or 8.

A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. Options include None (no parity bit), Even (parity bit is 0 if the number of 1’s in the data bits is even), Odd (parity bit is 0 if the number of 1’s in the data bits is odd), Mark (parity bit is always 1) or Space (parity bit is always 0. The Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection.

Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet (a start bit indicates the beginning). The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communications with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit. Options are 1 or 2.

Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a ‘stop’ signal can be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a ‘start’ signal can be sent to re-start the flow. Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals. Options include None and Hardware RTS/CTS.

This setting Enables or Disables VT-UTF8 Combination Key support for ANSI/ VT100 terminals.

This setting Enables or Disables Recorder Mode. When enabled only text will be sent. This is to capture Terminal data.

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