Dell PowerEdge R415 Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 65

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen, Serial Communication Screen, On without Console Redirection

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Option OS Watchdog Timer (Disabled default) Embedded Video Controller (Enabled 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. PCI IRQ Assignments Screen Option 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. 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 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 65

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Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
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PCI IRQ Assignments Screen
Serial Communication Screen
OS Watchdog Timer
(
Disabled
default)
Aids recovery of the operating system, if your system stops
responding. If set to
Enabled
, the operating system is
allowed to initialize the timer.
Embedded Video
Controller
(
Enabled
default)
Enables or disables BIOS support for the Embedded Video
Controller.
Option
Description
<
PCIe device
>
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.
Option
Description
Serial Communication
(
On without Console
Redirection
default)
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 COM
2, and
Off
.
Serial Port Address
(
Serial Device 1=COM1,
Serial Device2=COM2
default)
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.
External Serial Connector
(
Serial Device1
default)
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.
Option
Description