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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 are
available for control.
Table 47. Slot Disablement
Option
Slot 1
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.
Table 48. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings
Slot 1 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
Power on, or restart your system.
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.
On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.
Serial Communication details
About this task
The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Serial
Enables you to select serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS. BIOS console
Communication
redirection can also be enabled, and the port address can be specified. This option is set to Auto by default.
Description
Enables or disables the PCIe slot 1. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
Description
Platform Default Bifurcation , Auto Bifurcation, and
Manual bifurcation
x16 Bifurcation
Pre-operating system management applications
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