Integrated Devices Screen; Serial Communications Screen - Dell PowerEdge M420 Owner's Manual

Integrated Devices Screen

Menu Item
Integrated RAID
Controller
User Accessible USB
Ports
Internal SD Card
Redundancy
Internal SD Card Port
Integrated Network
Card 1
OS Watchdog Timer
Embedded Video
Controller
SR-IOV Global Enable
Slot Disablement

Serial Communications Screen

Menu Item
Serial Communication Allows you to enable the COM port or Console Redirection options.
Serial Port Address
Failsafe Baud Rate
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Description
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the Integrated
RAID Controller option is set to Enabled.
Allows you to set the user accessible ports. Selecting All Ports Off disables all USB ports. By
default, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On.
If set to Mirror mode, data is written on both SD cards. If any one of the SD card fails, data is
written to the active SD card. Data from this card is copied to the replacement SD card at the
next boot.
Enables or disables the system's internal SD card port.
NOTE: If you enable this option, access to the vFlash partition is disabled.
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated network card. By default, the Integrated
Network Card 1 option is set to Enabled.
Allows you to enable or disable the OS wacthdog timer. When this field is enabled, the
operating system initializes the timer and the OS watchdog timer helps in recovering the
operating system. By default, the OS Watchdog Timer option is set to Disabled.
Allows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. By default, the embedded
video controller is Enabled.
Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-
IOV) devices. By default, the SR-IOV Global Enable option is set to Disabled.
The Slot Disablement feature controls the configuration of mezzanine cards installed in the
specified slots. Only mezzanine card slots that are present on your system are available for
control.
Description
Allows you to set the port address for serial devices. By default, the Serial Port Address option
is set to COM1.
NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be used for Serial Over LAN (SOL). To use console
redirection by SOL, configure the same port address for console redirection and the serial
device.
Displays the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to determine the
baud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails and the value
must not be changed. By default, the Failsafe Baud Rate option is set to 11520.
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