Serial Communication Screen - Dell PowerEdge R930 Owner's Manual

Current State of Embedded Video Controller
SR-IOV Global Enable
OS Watchdog Timer
Memory Mapped I/O above 4 GB
Slot Disablement

Serial Communication screen

You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.
To view the Serial Communication click System Setup Main Menu → System BIOS → Serial
Communication.
Menu Item
Serial Communication
Serial Port Address
34
Controller is the only display capability in the
system (that is, no add-in graphics card is
installed), then the Embedded Video Controller is
automatically used as the primary display even if
the Embedded Video Controller setting is Disabled.
Displays the current state of the Embedded Video
Controller. Current State of Embedded Video
Controller is a read only field, indicating the
current state for the Embedded Video Controller.
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.
If your system stops responding, this watchdog
timer aids in the recovery of your operating
system. When this field is set to Enabled, the
operating system is allowed to initialize the timer.
When is the field is set to Disabled (the default),
the timer will have no effect on the system.
Allows you to enable support for PCIe devices that
require large amounts of memory. By default, the
option is set to Enabled.
Allows you to enable or disable the available PCIe
slots on your system. The Slot Disablement feature
controls the configuration of PCIe cards installed
in the specified slot. Slot disablement must be used
only when the installed peripheral card is
preventing booting into the operating system or
causing delays in system startup. If the slot is
disabled, both the Option ROM and UEFI driver are
disabled.
Description
Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device
2) in the BIOS. BIOS console redirection can also be enabled and the port
address can be specified. By default, Serial Communication option is set
to Auto.
Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. By default, the
Serial Port Address option is set to Serial Device 1=COM2, Serial Device
2=COM1
NOTE: You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN
(SOL) feature. To use console redirection by SOL, configure the
same port address for console redirection and the serial device.