Dell 5WC10 Installation And Service Manual page 54

Option Description
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.
Slot Bifurcation Allows Platform Default Bifurcation, Auto Discovery of Bifurcation and Manual Bifurcation
Control. The default is set to Platform Default Bifurcation. The slot bifurcation field is accessible
when set to Manual Bifurcation Control and is disabled when set to Platform Default Bifurcation or
Auto Discovery of Bifurcation.
Serial Communication
You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.
Viewing Serial Communication
To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.
Serial Communication details
About this task
The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:
54 Pre-operating system management applications
Table 30. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Slot 1 Bifurcation
Slot 2 Bifurcation
Slot 3 Bifurcation
Slot 4 Bifurcation
Slot 5 Bifurcation
Slot 6 Bifurcation
Slot 7 Bifurcation
Slot 8 Bifurcation
Description
x16, x4, x8, x4 x4 x8 or x8 x4 x4 Bifurcation
x4 (Display only)
x16, x4, x8, x4 x4 x8 or x8 x4 x4 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
x4 (Display only)
x16, x4, x8, x4 x4 x8 or x8 x4 x4 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
x16, x4, x8, x4 x4 x8 or x8 x4 x4 Bifurcation