Serial communications screen – Dell Powervault NX400 User Manual

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Menu Item

Description

User Accessible USB
Ports

Allows you enable or disable the user accessible USB ports. Selecting Only Back Ports On
disables the front USB ports and selecting All Ports Off disables both front and back USB ports.
By default, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On.

Internal USB Port

Allows you to enable or disable the internal USB port. By default, the Internal USB Port option
is set to On.

Internal SD Card Port Enables or disables the system’s internal SD card port. By default, Internal SD Card Port option

is set to On.

NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board.

Internal SD Card
Redundancy

If set to Mirror mode, data is written on both SD cards. If any one of the SD card fails, data is
written to the active SD card. Data from this card is copied to the replacement SD card at the
next boot. By default, Internal SD Card Redundancy option is set to Mirror.

NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board.

Embedded NIC1 and
NIC2

Allows you to enable or disable the Operating System interface of the embedded NIC1 and
NIC2 controller. By default, the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 option is set to Enabled.

OS Watchdog Timer

Allows you to enable or disable the OS watchdog timer. When this field is enabled, 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
Controller

Allows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. By default, the embedded
video controller is Enabled.

SR-IOV Global Enable 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.

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 Communication Allows you to select serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial 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.

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