Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 Installation And Service Manual page 49

Option Description
Option
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6
Slot 7
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.
Table 37. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Slot 1 Bifurcation
Slot 3 Bifurcation
Slot 4 Bifurcation
Slot 5 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:
1 Turn 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.
NOTE: If your system supports four processors, you may have 13 PCIe slots.
Description
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.
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled
for the PCIe slot 6. This option is set to Enabled by
default.
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled
for the PCIe slot 7. 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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