CLI Guide

Applicable Systems Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems
Serial Communication
You can manage the serial port settings using the options in this group.
ConTermType / conterm
Table 183. ConTermType / conterm
Valid Arguments
• On systems prior to Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge systems: vt100, ansi
• On Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Vt100, Vt220, Ansi
Description
Sets the console terminal type. On some systems, vt100 may also set the terminal type
to vt220. This option is available on all supported systems that support console
redirection. This option can be replicated.
Example:
A:>syscfg --conterm=vt100
conterm=vt100
Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems
ExtSerialConnector / extserial
Table 184. ExtSerialConnector / extserial
Valid Arguments
• On systems prior to Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge systems: com1, com2, rad
• On Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Serial1, Serial2,
RemoteAccDeviceDescription
Description
Sets the behavior of the external serial connector. When set to com1 , the BIOS maps
the external serial connector to COM port 1. The com1 setting is the default.
When set to com2 , the external serial connector is routed to the COM2 interface.
Terminal escape sequences can toggle the external connector between the system
(COM2) and the remote access device.
When set to rad , the external serial connector is routed to the remote access device
interface. Terminal escape sequences can toggle the external connector between the
system (COM2) and the remote access device.
This option can be replicated.
Example:
A:>syscfg --extserial=com1
extserial=com1
The --serialcomm option can be used with the external serial (--extserial) option
instead of the --conred (available on systems earlier than PowerEdge 9G systems)
option.
Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems except Blade systems.
FailSafeBaud / fsbr
Table 185. FailSafeBaud / fsbr
Valid Arguments
• On systems prior to Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge systems: 115200, 57600,
19200, 9600
• On Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: 115200, 57600, 19200,
9600
Description
Sets the console redirection fail safe baud rate in bps. The BIOS attempts to determine
the baud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails.
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