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Setting bios serial console port – HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface User Manual

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Figure 70 BIOS Serial Console and EMS screen

Setting BIOS Serial Console Port

You can re-direct video and keystrokes through the serial port to OS boot. This option can interfere
with non-terminal devices attached to the serial port. In this case, set this option to “Disabled.”

IMPORTANT:

This option is not supported under RBSU on Japanese or Simplified Chinese systems.

To set the BIOS serial console port:
1.

From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration

→BIOS/Platform Configuration

(RBSU)

→BIOS Serial Console and EMS and select BIOS Serial Console Port and press Enter.

2.

Select one of the following options:

Auto

Disabled (default for older servers)

Physical Serial Port

Virtual Serial Port

3.

Press F10 to save your selection.

NOTE:

Connect a null modem cable to the serial port/COM port on which BIOS Serial Console

is enabled.

Accessing the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) menu

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