Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition configuration

Note: This procedure is based on a default installation of the Microsoft Windows 2003 operating system.

Complete the following steps to configure the Windows 2003 operating system for SOL operation. You must be logged in as a user with administrator access to perform this procedure.

  1. Complete the following steps to determine which boot entry ID to modify:
    1. Type bootcfg at a Windows command prompt; then press Enter to display the current boot options for your system.
    2. In the Boot Entries section, locate the Boot entry ID for the section with an OS friendly name of Windows Server 2003, Standard. Write down the Boot entry ID that appears above this line for use in the next step.
  2. To enable the Microsoft Windows Emergency Management System (EMS), at a Windows command prompt, type bootcfg /EMS ON /PORT COM2 /BAUD 19200 /ID boot_id where boot_id is the boot entry ID from step 1.b; then, press Enter.
  3. Complete the following steps to verify that the EMS console is redirected to the COM2 serial port:
    1. Type bootcfg at a Windows command prompt; then, press Enter to display the current boot options for your system.
    2. Verify the following changes to the bootcfg settings:
      • In the Boot Loader Settings section, make sure that redirect is set to COM2 and that redirectbaudrate is set to 19200.
      • In the Boot Entries section, make sure that the OS Load Options: line has /redirect appended to the end of it.

The following samples show examples of the original bootcfg program output and the output after modification.

Original bootcfg program output 
                              Boot Loader Settings
                           
                              ----------------------------
                           
                              timeout: 30
                           
                              default: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
                           
                              
                           
                              Boot Entries
                           
                              ----------------
                           
                              Boot entry ID: 1
                           
                              OS Friendly Name: Windows Server 2003, Standard
                           
                              Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
                           
                              OS Load Options: /fastdetect
Modified bootcfg program output 
                              Boot Loader Settings
                           
                              ----------------------------
                           
                              timeout: 30
                           
                              default: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
                           
                              redirect: COM2
                           
                              redirectbaudrate: 19200
                           
                              
                           
                              Boot Entries
                           
                              ----------------
                           
                              Boot entry ID: 1
                           
                              OS Friendly Name: Windows Server 2003, Standard
                           
                              Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
                           
                              OS Load Options: /fastdetect /redirect

You must reboot the Windows 2003 operating system after completing this procedure for the changes to take effect and to enable SOL.

Note: For SOL to operate, you might need to uninstall the COM2 device from the Windows device manager. See the documentation that comes with your operating system for instructions.
Parent topic: Operating system configuration