Professional Windows Server 1002003 Security A Technical Reference [Electronic resources]

Lets the user configure redirection of the Emergency Management Services (EMS) console to a remote machine.

Syntax

bootcfg /ems {ON | OFF | EDIT} [/port {COM1 | COM2 | COM3 | COM4 | BIOSSET}] 
[/baud {9600 | 19200 | 57600 | 115200}] /id OSEntryLineNum

Options

{ON | OFF | EDIT}

ON|OFF enables/disables sending output to a remote computer by adding/removing a /redirect switch to the specified OSEntryLineNum and a redirect=comX setting to the boot loader section, while EDIT lets you modify port settings by changing the redirect=comX setting.

/port {COM1 | COM2 | COM3 | COM4 | BIOSSET}

Indicates COM port used for redirecting output to remote computer. The BIOSSET option configures EMS to query BIOS to determine which port to use for redirection. Omit this switch if OFF is specified.

/baud {9600 | 19200 | 57600 | 115200}

Indicates baud rate for redirection. Omit this switch if OFF is specified.

Examples

Enable EMS output redirection on COM2 at 57600 baud for OS entry 2:

bootcfg /ems ON /port COM2 /baud 57600 /id 2
SUCCESS: Changed the redirection port in boot loader section.
SUCCESS: Changed the redirection baudrate in boot loader section.
SUCCESS: Changed the OS entry switches for line "2" in the BOOT.INI file.

Verify the result:

bootcfg
Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
timeout:         30
default:         multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
redirect:        COM2
redirectbaudrate:57600
Boot Entries
------------
Boot entry ID:    1
OS Friendly Name: WS2003, Enterprise
Path:             multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options:  /fastdetect /noguiboot
Boot entry ID:    2
OS Friendly Name: WS2003 Enterprise
Path:             multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options:  /fastdetect /noguiboot /redirect

Note the additional entries in the boot loader settings section. Now remove the settings just applied:

bootcfg /ems OFF /id 2
SUCCESS: Changed the OS entry switches for line "2" in the BOOT.INI file.
SUCCESS: The redirection port has been removed from BOOT LOADER section.
SUCCESS: The redirection baudrate has been removed from BOOT LOADER section.

Notes

You can also enable and configure EMS using optional switches for

winnt32.exe on the product CD; see

Installation in Chapter 4 for more info.

See Also

bootcfg,

Installation ,

Recovery Console