Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Boards S4600LH2/T2 TPS
Revision 2.0
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Screen Field Descriptions:
1. Console Redirection
Option Values: Disabled
Serial Port A
Serial Port B
Help Text:
Console redirection allows a serial port to be used for server management tasks.
[Disabled] - No console redirection.
[Serial Port A] - Configure serial port A for console redirection.
Enabling this option will disable display of the Quiet Boot logo screen during POST.
Comments: Serial Console Redirection can use either Serial Port A or Serial Port B. If SOL is
also going to be configured, note that SOL is only supported through Serial Port A.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, all other options on this screen will be grayed out and
unavailable.
Only Serial Ports which are Enabled should be available to choose for Console Redirection. If neither
Serial A nor Serial B is set to Enabled, then Console Redirection will be forced to Disabled, and grayed
out as inactive. In that case, all other options on this screen will also be grayed
Back to [Console Redirection Screen] — [Server Management Screen]
2. Flow Control
Option Values: None
RTS/CTS
Help Text:
Flow control is the handshake protocol.
This setting must match the remote terminal application.
[None] - Configure for no flow control.
[RTS/CTS] - Configure for hardware flow control.
Comments: Flow control is necessary only when there is a possibility of data overrun. In that
case the Request To Send/Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) hardware handshake is a relatively conservative
protocol which can usually be configured at both ends.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option will be grayed out and unavailable.
Back to [Console Redirection Screen] — [Server Management Screen]
3. Baud Rate
Option Values: 9.6k
19.2k
38.4k
57.6k
115.2k
Help Text:
Serial port transmission speed. This setting must match the remote terminal application.
Comments: In most modern Server Management applications, serial data transfer is
consolidated over an alternative faster medium like LAN, and 115.2k is the speed of choice.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option will be grayed out and unavailable.
Back to [Console Redirection Screen] — [Server Management Screen]