Dell EMC E39S Series Installation And Service Manual page 61

Option Description
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:
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.
Table 48. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings
Slot 1 Bifurcation
Table 49. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Slot 1 Bifurcation
Slot 2 Bifurcation
Slot 3 Bifurcation
Slot 4 Bifurcation
Slot 5 Bifurcation
Slot 6 Bifurcation
Slot 7 Bifurcation
Description
Platform Default Bifurcation , Auto Bifurcation, and
Manual bifurcation
x16 Bifurcation
Description
x4 or x8 or x4x4x4x8 or x8x4x4 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 or x4x4x4x8 or x8x4x4 Bifurcation
x16 or x4 or x8 or x4x4x4x8 or x8x4x4 Bifurcation
x4 Bifurcation or x8 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
x16 or x4 or x8 or x4x4x4x8 or x8x4x4 Bifurcation
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