Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.3 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

Sets the behavior of the serial port communication. When set to on, the BIOS enables COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console Redirection is disabled.

When set to com1cr , BIOS enables COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console Redirection is through COM port 1.

When set to com2cr , BIOS enables COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console Redirection is through COM port 2.

When set to off , this option tells the BIOS to disable COM port 1 and COM port 2.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --serialcomm=on

serialcomm=on

The --serialcomm option can be used with the external serial ( --extserial) option instead of the --conred (available on systems earlier than PowerEdge 9G systems) option.