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Option
Description
Slot Disablement Enables or disables the available PCIe slots on your system. The slot disablement feature controls the
configuration of the PCIe 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 slots that are present on the
system will be 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 grayed out 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. Turn on, or restart your system.
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Pre-operating system management applications
Table 34. Slot Disablement
Option
Slot 1
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
NOTE:
If your system supports four processors, you may have 13 PCIe slots.
Table 35. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Slot 1 Bifurcation
Slot 3 Bifurcation
Slot 4 Bifurcation
Slot 5 Bifurcation
Description
Enables or disables the PCIe slot 1. This option is
set to Enabled by default.
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is
disabled for the PCIe slot 3. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is
disabled for the PCIe slot 4. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is
disabled for the PCIe slot 5. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
Description
X4 or X8 or X4X4X4X8 or X8X4X4 Bifurcation
X4 or X8 or X4X4X4X8 or X8X4X4 Bifurcation
X16 or X4 or X8 or X4X4X4X8 or X8X4X4
Bifurcation
X4 Bifurcation or X8 Bifurcation
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