Dell PowerEdge M420 Owner's Manual

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Integrated Devices ScreenMenu Item DescriptionIntegrated RAIDControllerAllows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the IntegratedRAID Controller option is set to Enabled.User Accessible USBPortsAllows you to set the user accessible ports. Selecting All Ports Off disables all USB ports. Bydefault, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On.Internal SD CardRedundancyIf set to Mirror mode, data is written on both SD cards. If any one of the SD card fails, data iswritten to the active SD card. Data from this card is copied to the replacement SD card at thenext 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 NetworkCard 1Allows you to enable or disable the integrated network card. By default, the IntegratedNetwork 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, theoperating system initializes the timer and the OS watchdog timer helps in recovering theoperating system. By default, the OS Watchdog Timer option is set to Disabled.Embedded VideoControllerAllows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. By default, the embeddedvideo 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 thespecified slots. Only mezzanine card slots that are present on your system are available forcontrol.Serial Communications ScreenMenu Item DescriptionSerial 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 optionis set to COM1.NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be used for Serial Over LAN (SOL). To use consoleredirection by SOL, configure the same port address for console redirection and the serialdevice.Failsafe Baud Rate Displays the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to determine thebaud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails and the valuemust not be changed. By default, the Failsafe Baud Rate option is set to 11520.16