Product guide

Using the BIOS and utilities QSSC-S4R Server System Product Guide
Version 1.0
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Setup Item Options Help Text Comments
[Reset] – System performs a reset.
[Power Off] – System powers off.
O/S Boot Watchdog Timer
Timeout
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
If the OS watchdog timer is enabled, this is the
timeout value used by the BIOS to configure the watchdog
timer.
Grayed out when O/S Boot
Watchdog Timer is disabled.
Plug & Play BMC
Detection
Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, the BMC is detectable by OSs that support plug
and play loading of an IPMI driver. Do not enable if your OS
does not support this driver.
Console Redirection View/Configure console redirection information and settings. Takes the user to the Console
Redirection screen.
System Information View system information Takes the user to the System
Information screen.
BMC LAN Configuration View/Configure BMC LAN channel and User settings. Takes the user to the BMC
configuration screen.
Note: This item does not appear
on some models.
Console Redirection Screen
The Console Redirection screen allows you to enable or disable console redirection and to configure the
connection options for this feature.
To access this screen from the Main screen, select Server Management > Console Redirection.
Server Management
Console Redirection
Console Redirection
Disabled / Serial Port A / Serial Port B
Flow Control
None / RTS/CTS
Baud Rate
9.6k / 19.2k / 38.4k / 57.6k / 115.2k
Terminal Type
PC-ANSI /
V
T100 / VT100+ / VT-UTF8
Legacy OS Redirection
Disabled / Enabled
Figure 143. Setup Utility — Console Redirection Screen
Table 37. Setup Utility — Console Redirection Configuration Fields
Setup Item Options (Default in
Boldface)
Help Text Comments
Console Redirection Disabled
Serial Port A Serial
Port B
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.
[Serial Port B] - Configure serial port B for console redirection.
Enabling this option disables the display of the Quiet Boot logo
screen during POST.
Flow Control None
RTS/CTS
Flow control is the handshake protocol. Setting must match the
remote terminal application.
[None] - Configure for no flow control.
[RTS/CTS] - Configure for hardware flow control.
Baud Rate 9600
19.2K
38.4K
57.6K
115.2K
Serial port transmission speed. Setting must match the remote
terminal application.
Terminal Type PC-ANSI
VT100
VT100+ VT-UTF8
Character formatting used for console redirection. Setting must
match the remote terminal application.
Legacy OS Redirection Disabled
Enabled
This option enables legacy OS redirection (i.e., DOS) on serial
port. If it is enabled, the associated serial port is hidden from
the legacy OS.
Server Management System Information Screen
The Server Management System Information screen allows you to view part numbers, serial numbers, and
firmware revisions.