Dell PowerEdge M620 Owner's Manual

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Menu Item DescriptionOS Watchdog Timer Allows you to enable or disable the OS watchdog 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.Memory Mapped I/Oabove 4GBAllows you to enable support for PCIe devices that require large amounts of memory. Bydefault, the option is set to Enabled.Mezzanine SlotDisablementAllows you to enable or disable available mezzanine card/PCIe mezzanine card slots on yoursystem. The Slot Disablement feature controls the configuration of mezzanine cards/PCIemezzanine cards installed in the specified slot.CAUTION: Slot disablement must be used only when the installed peripheral card ispreventing booting into the Operating System or causing delays in system startup. If theslot is disabled, both the Option ROM and UEFI driver are disabled.NOTE: Use this option only for troubleshooting purposes. If one or more of the mezzaninecard/PCIe mezzanine card slots are disabled, an error message is displayed during thesystem startup.For proper operation, make sure that the server module has two mezzanine cards/PCIemezzanine cards installed and both cards are set to Enabled.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.Remote TerminalTypeAllows you to set the remote console terminal type. By default, the Remote Terminal Typeoption is set to VT 100/VT220.Redirection AfterBootAllows you to enable or disable to the BIOS console redirection when the operating system isloaded. By default, the Redirection After Boot option is set to Enabled.17