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CP6003-SA/RA/RC uEFI BIOS
Main Setup
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P R E L I M I N A R Y
2.3.2
COM1
The COM1 port (serial port 1) corresponds to the RS-422 serial port on the RIO connector (J3)
of the CP6003-SA/RA/RC (hardware designation COMB).
2.3.2.1
Console Redirection
Default setting: Disabled
2.3.2.2
Console Redirection Settings
For information about this function, refer to Chapter 2.3.4 in this manual.
2.3.3
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency
Management Services (EMS)
The following functions control the presence and content of the ACPI serial port redirection ta-
ble (SPCR). This table is mainly used by the Windows server variants to provide Windows
Emergency Management Services (EMS). This functionality is totally independent from serial
redirection of other console output.
OoB Management or EMS makes it possible to control selected components of (Windows)
servers, even when a server is not connected to the network or the network is not available. In
short: EMS allows for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port
2.3.3.1
Console Redirection
Default setting: Disabled
2.3.3.2
Out-of-Band Mgmt Port
This function is used to select the serial port intended for use with Out-of-Band Management.
This functionality is independent from serial redirection of other console output.
Default setting: COM0
SETTING
DESCRIPTION
Disabled
Use this setting to disable console redirection for the serial port 1.
Enabled
Use this setting to enable console redirection for the serial port 1.
SETTING
DESCRIPTION
Disabled
Use this setting to prevent the system from adding the SPCR table to the ACPI tables.
Enabled
Use this setting to add the SPCR table to the ACPI tables. The OS can further use the infor-
mation provided for serial redirection services.
SETTING
DESCRIPTION
COM0
Use this setting to specify that the serial port 0 is to be used with Out-of-Band Management.
COM1
Use this setting to specify that the serial port 1 is to be used with Out-of-Band Management.