Dell VxRail VE-660 Manual page 42

Table 42. Integrated Devices details (continued)
Option
Empty Slot Unhide
Slot Disablement
Slot Bifurcation
Serial communications
The serial port is optional in VxRail. The Serial Communication option is applicable only if the serial COM port is installed in the
system.
1. To view the Serial Communication screen, power on the system and press F2.
2. Click System Setup Main Menu, System BIOS, and then Serial Communication.
Table 43. Serial communication details
Option
Serial Communication
Serial Port Address
External Serial
Connector
42 Pre-operating system management applications
Description
initializes the timer. When this option is set to Disabled (the default), the timer does
affect on the system.
It 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.
It enables or disables the available PCIe slots on your system. The slot disablement
feature controls the configuration of the PCIe cards that are 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 slots that are present on
the system are available for control. When this option is set to boot driver disabled,
both the Option ROM and UEFI driver from the slot do not run during POST. The
system does not boot from the card, and the preboot services are not 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.
Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings allows Platform Default Bifurcation, Auto
Discovery of Bifurcation, and Manual bifurcation Control.
This option is set to Platform Default Bifurcation by default. The slot bifurcation
field is accessible when set to Manual bifurcation Control and is unavailable when
set to Platform Default Bifurcation and Auto Discovery of Bifurcation.
NOTE: The slot bifurcation supports on PCIe slot only, does not support slot
types from Paddle card to Riser and Slimline connector to Riser.
Description
It enables the serial communication options. Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device
1 and Serial Device 2) in the BIOS. You can also enable the BIOS console redirection and specify
the port address. The options available for System without serial COM port (DB9) are On
without Console Redirection, On with Console Redirection, Off. By default, this option is
set to On without Console Redirection.
It enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to either COM1 or
COM2 for the serial device (COM1=0x3F8,COM2=0x2F8) and set to COM1 by default.
NOTE: For the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature, you can only use Serial Device 2. 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 be independently changed in iDRAC. Loading the BIOS
default settings from within the BIOS setup utility may not always revert the serial MUX
setting to the default setting of Serial Device 1.
This option allows you to associate the External Serial Connector to Serial Device 1, Serial
Device 2, or the Remote Access Device. This option is set to Serial Device 1 by default.