Emergency Management Services (EMS) provides an RS-232 accessable serial console interface to the Microsoft Windows XP bootloader menu. RS-232 (also referred to as EIA RS-232C or V.24) is a standard for serial binary data interchange between a DTE (Data terminal equipment) and a DCE (Data communication equipment). ... The console is the text output device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger. ... A typical Windows XP desktop. ... In computing, booting is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system. ...

During system installation of Windows 2003 Server it is enabled per default in case BIOS serial console redirection is supported and enabled beforehand. Otherwise (and in "desktop" versions of MS-Windows XP) it is enabled with a command such as the following: Windows Server 2003 Desktop The successor to Windows 2000 Server, Microsofts Windows Server 2003 (codename Whistler Server, also known as Windows NT 5. ... Phoenix AwardBIOS on a standard PC BIOS, in computing, stands for Basic Input/Output System or Basic Integrated Operating System. ...

 bootcfg /ems on /port com1 /baud 9600 /id 1 

On server versions of Windows XP (e.g. 2003 Server) this also starts a system console named Special Administration Console (SAC) during operating system runtime. An operating system (OS) is a software program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... In computer science, run time (with a space, though often its spelled without one) describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination (compare compile time). ...

See Also

• System console
• Console server
• Null modem
• NTLDR
• Out-of-band management

Knoppix system console showing the boot process The system console, root console or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger. ... A console server or Console Access Server (CAS) is a service that provides access to the operator console of an IT asset via networking technologies. ... A null modem adapter A null modem is a device that allows one to connect two computers together, typically with only a serial port. ... An NTLDR boot menu. ... Out-of-band signaling is telecommunication signaling (exchange of information in order to control a telephone call) that is done on a channel that is dedicated for the purpose and separate from the channels used for the telephone call. ...

External Links

• System Recovery Using Windows Server 2003 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
• Administering Windows Server 2003 Remotely