Menu Item | Description |
Embedded NIC1 | Allows you to enable or disable the embedded network interface cards 1 and 2. By |
and NIC2 | default, the Integrated Network Card 1 option is set to Enabled. |
OS Watchdog | Allows you to enable or disable the OS watchdog timer. When this field is enabled, |
Timer | the operating system initializes the timer and the OS watchdog timer helps in |
| recovering the operating system. By default, the OS Watchdog Timer option is set |
| to Disabled. |
Embedded Video | Allows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. By default, the |
Controller | embedded video controller is Enabled. |
Memory Mapped | Allows you to enable support for PCIe devices that require large amounts of |
I/O above 4GB | memory. By default, the option is set to Enabled. |
Slot Disablement | Allows you to enable or disable available PCIe slots on your system. The Slot |
| Disablement feature controls the configuration of PCIe cards installed in the |
| specified slot. |
| CAUTION: 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. |
Serial Communications Screen
Menu Item | Description |
Serial | Allows you to select serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial |
Communication | Device 2) in the BIOS. BIOS console redirection can also be enabled and the port |
| address used can be specified. By default, Serial Communication option is set to |
| On without Console Redirection. |
Serial Port Address | Allows 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: 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. |
External Serial | Allows you to associate the external serial connector to serial device 1, serial device |
Connector | 2, or remote access device. By default, the External Serial Connector option is set |
| to Serial Device1. |
| 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. |
Failsafe Baud Rate | Displays the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to |
| determine the baud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the |
| attempt fails and the value must not be changed. By default, the Failsafe Baud Rate |
| option is set to 115200. |
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