Technical Product Specification

BIOS Setup Interface Intel® Server Board S1200V3RP TPS
Revision 1.3
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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] — [Screen Map]
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