Dell PowerEdge R840 EMC Installation and Service Manual - Page 34

Slot Bifurcation, Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings

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Table 5. Slot Disablement (continued) Slot number Description Slot 3 Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 3. This option is set to Enabled by default. Slot 4 Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 4. This option is set to Enabled by default. Slot 5 Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 5. This option is set to Enabled by default. Slot 6 Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 6. This option is set to Enabled by default. Slot Bifurcation About this task The Slot Bifurcation screen details are explained as follows: Slot Bifurcation Allows Platform Default Bifurcation, Auto discovery of Bifurcation and Manual bifurcation Control. The default is set to Platform Default Bifurcation. The slot bifurcation field is accessible when set to Manual bifurcation Control and is grayed out when set to Platform Default Bifurcation or Auto discovery of Bifurcation. Table 6. Slot Bifurcation Option Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings Description Platform Default Bifurcation, Auto Bifurcation, Manual bifurcation Slot 1 Bifurcation x4 Bifurcation or x8 Bifurcation Slot 2 Bifurcation x16 Bifurcation, or x8 Bifurcation, or x4 Bifurcation, or x4, x4, x8 Bifurcation, or x8, x4, x4 Bifurcation Slot 3 Bifurcation x16 Bifurcation, or x8 Bifurcation, or x4 Bifurcation, or x4, x4, x8 Bifurcation, or x8, x4, x4 Bifurcation Slot 4 Bifurcation x16 Bifurcation, or x8 Bifurcation, or x4 Bifurcation, or x4, x4, x8 Bifurcation, or x8, x4, x4 Bifurcation Slot 5 Bifurcation x4 Bifurcation or x8 Bifurcation Slot 6 Bifurcation x16 Bifurcation, or x8 Bifurcation, or 34 Pre-operating system management applications

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Table 5. Slot Disablement (continued)
Slot
number
Description
Slot 3
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 3. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Slot 4
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 4. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Slot 5
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 5. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Slot 6
Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 6. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Slot Bifurcation
About this task
The
Slot Bifurcation
screen details are explained as follows:
Slot Bifurcation
Allows
Platform Default Bifurcation
,
Auto discovery of Bifurcation
and
Manual bifurcation Control
. The
default is set to
Platform Default Bifurcation
. The slot bifurcation field is accessible when set to
Manual
bifurcation Control
and is grayed out when set to
Platform Default Bifurcation
or
Auto discovery of
Bifurcation
.
Table 6. Slot Bifurcation
Option
Description
Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings
Platform Default Bifurcation,
Auto Bifurcation,
Manual bifurcation
Slot 1 Bifurcation
x4 Bifurcation or
x8 Bifurcation
Slot 2 Bifurcation
x16 Bifurcation, or
x8 Bifurcation, or
x4 Bifurcation, or
x4, x4, x8 Bifurcation, or
x8, x4, x4 Bifurcation
Slot 3 Bifurcation
x16 Bifurcation, or
x8 Bifurcation, or
x4 Bifurcation, or
x4, x4, x8 Bifurcation, or
x8, x4, x4 Bifurcation
Slot 4 Bifurcation
x16 Bifurcation, or
x8 Bifurcation, or
x4 Bifurcation, or
x4, x4, x8 Bifurcation, or
x8, x4, x4 Bifurcation
Slot 5 Bifurcation
x4 Bifurcation or
x8 Bifurcation
Slot 6 Bifurcation
x16 Bifurcation, or
x8 Bifurcation, or
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