Serial Communication Screen - Dell PowerEdge R415 Owner's Manual

Option
OS Watchdog Timer
(Disabled default)
Embedded Video
Controller
(Enabled default)
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen
Option
<PCIe device>

Serial Communication Screen

Option
Serial Communication
(On without Console
Redirection default)
Serial Port Address
(Serial Device 1=COM1,
Serial Device2=COM2
default)
External Serial Connector
(Serial Device1 default)
Description
Aids recovery of the operating system, if your system stops
responding. If set to Enabled, the operating system is
allowed to initialize the timer.
Enables or disables BIOS support for the Embedded Video
Controller.
Description
Use the <+> and <-> keys to manually select an IRQ
for a given device, or select Default to allow the BIOS to
select an IRQ value at system startup.
Description
Selects whether the serial communication devices
(Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) are enabled in
BIOS. BIOS console redirection can also be enabled and
the port address used can be specified.
Options are On without Console Redirection, On with
Console Redirection via COM1, On with Console
Redirection via COM2, and Off.
Sets the serial port addresses for the two serial devices.
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.
Specifies whether Serial Device 1, Serial Device 2,
or Remote Access Device has access to the external
serial connector.
NOTE:
Only Serial Device 2 can be used for SOL. To use
console redirection by SOL, configure the same port
address for console redirection and the serial device.
Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
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