Specifications

Software Configuration
3–9
 Serial Console—enables or disables use of a serial console connected to a serial port. When used as
a serial console, the serial port does not appear in the BIOS COM port table. This means that it will
not be COM1, COM2, etc. Select the serial port and its BAUD rate, such as Serial 1@2400,
Serial 2@9600, and so forth. Other communication parameters are fixed at 8-bit words, 1 start bit, 1
stop bit, and no parity.
Default setup of the serial console port is Disabled.
See “Serial Ports” on page 3–16 for more information.
 Serial Boot Loader—enables or disables the serial boot loader function. When you enable the boot
loader, select either COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4. Other communication parameters are fixed
at 9600 BAUD, 8-bit words, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit, and no parity.
 Ethernet Controller—Use this parameter to enable or disable the Ethernet interface. When disabled,
the interface is set to E0E0h, an unused I/O port address. To enable the interface, select which
connector (interface) you will use for your Ethernet media connection. The choices are AUI or TP
(twisted pair)
 I/O Address—Set the Ethernet controller I/O port base address. The default is 320h. You can set it
to 300h, 320h, 360h, or 380h.
 IRQ—Select the Ethernet controller IRQ. The default is IRQ9. The choices are IRQ3, IRQ9, IRQ10,
or IRQ11. (Note that the default IRQ for Serial 2 and Serial 4 is IRQ3, and the default IRQ for the
SCSI interface is IRQ11.)
 Ethernet Node Address—The SETUP screen displays the node address of the Ethernet controller.
This is the DLC address, which is sometimes needed when configuring software, routers, or network
management tools. This is just a display of the address. You cannot change it.