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Integrated Devices Screen, Serial Communications Screen

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Integrated Devices Screen Menu Item Integrated RAID Controller User Accessible USB Ports Internal SD Card Redundancy Internal SD Card Port Description Allows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the Integrated RAID Controller option is set to Enabled. Allows you to set the user accessible ports. Selecting All Ports Off disables all USB ports. By default, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On. 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. Enables or disables the system's internal SD card port. NOTE: If you enable this option, access to the vFlash partition is disabled. Integrated Network Card 1 OS Watchdog Timer Embedded Video Controller SR-IOV Global Enable Slot Disablement Allows you to enable or disable the integrated network card. By default, the Integrated Network Card 1 option is set to Enabled. Allows you to enable or disable the OS wacthdog 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. Allows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. By default, the embedded video controller is Enabled. Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) devices. By default, the SR-IOV Global Enable option is set to Disabled. The Slot Disablement feature controls the configuration of mezzanine cards installed in the specified slots. Only mezzanine card slots that are present on your system are available for control. Serial Communications Screen Menu Item Description Serial Communication Allows you to enable the COM port or Console Redirection options. Serial Port Address Allows you to set the port address for serial devices. By default, the Serial Port Address option is set to 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. 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 11520. 16

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Integrated Devices Screen
Menu Item
Description
Integrated RAID
Controller
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the
Integrated
RAID Controller
option is set to
Enabled
.
User Accessible USB
Ports
Allows you to set the user accessible ports. Selecting
All Ports Off
disables all USB ports. By
default, the
User Accessible USB Ports
option is set to
All Ports On
.
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.
Internal SD Card Port
Enables or disables the system’s internal SD card port.
NOTE:
If you enable this option, access to the vFlash partition is disabled.
Integrated Network
Card 1
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated network card. By default, the
Integrated
Network Card 1
option is set to
Enabled
.
OS Watchdog Timer
Allows you to enable or disable the OS wacthdog 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
The
Slot Disablement
feature controls the configuration of mezzanine cards installed in the
specified slots. Only mezzanine card slots that are present on your system are available for
control.
Serial Communications Screen
Menu Item
Description
Serial Communication
Allows you to enable the
COM port
or
Console Redirection
options.
Serial Port Address
Allows you to set the port address for serial devices. By default, the
Serial Port Address
option
is set to
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.
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
11520
.
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