Dell PowerEdge MX760c Installation And Service Manual page 44

Table 36. Integrated Devices details (continued)
Option
Empty Slot Unhide
Mezzanine Slot Disablement
Serial Communication
To view the Serial Communication screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System
BIOS > Serial Communication.
NOTE: The serial port is optional for the PowerEdge MX760c system. The Serial Communication option is applicable only if
the serial COM port is installed in the system.
Table 37. Serial Communication details
Option
Serial Communication
Serial Port Address
44 Pre-operating system management applications
Description
system initializes the timer. When this option is set to Disabled (the default),
the timer does not have any effect on the system.
Enables or disables the root ports of all the empty slots that are accessible to
the BIOS and operating system. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Enables or disables or boot driver disables the available mezzanine slots on
your system. The slot disablement feature controls the configuration of the
Mezzanine cards installed in the specified slot. Slots must be disabled only
when the installed peripheral card prevents booting into the operating system
or causes delays in system startup. If the slot is disabled, both the Option
ROM and UEFI drivers are disabled. Only mezzanine slots that are present on
the system will be available for control. When this option is set to boot driver
disabled, both the Option ROM and UEFI driver from the slot will not run during
POST. The system will not boot from the card and its pre-boot services will not
be available. However, the card is available to the operating system.
Slot n: Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot
n. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Description
Enables the serial communication options. Selects serial communication
devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) Serial Device 1in BIOS. BIOS
console redirection can also be enabled, and the port address can be specified.
The options available for System without serial COM port (DB9) are On
without Console Redirection,
On with Console Redirection, Off. This option is set to
Off by default.
The options available for System with serial COM port (DB9) are On without
Console Redirection,
On with Console Redirection via Com1, On with Console Redirection via
Com2,
Off, Auto. This option is set to Auto by default.
The options available for System are On without Console Redirection,
On with Console Redirection via Com1, On with Console Redirection via
Com2,
Off, Auto. This option is set to
Off by default.
Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to
COM1 by default.
NOTE: You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN (SOL)
feature. To use console redirection by SOL, configure the same port
address for console redirection and the serial device.
NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX
setting that is saved in iDRAC. The serial MUX setting can independently
be changed in iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from within the