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Option Description
Table 40. Slot Bifurcation
Option Description
Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings
Platform Default Bifurcation , Auto Bifurcation, and
Manual bifurcation
Slot 1 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
Slot 2 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
Slot 3 Bifurcation
x4 or x8 Bifurcation
Slot 4 Bifurcation
x16 or x4 or x8 or x4x4x8 or x8x4x4 Bifurcation
Slot 5 Bifurcation
x4 Bifurcation
Slot 6 Bifurcation
x4 Bifurcation
Serial Communication
You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.
Viewing Serial Communication
To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps:
1 Power on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE
: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.
Serial Communication details
The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Serial
Communication
Enables you to select serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS. BIOS console
redirection can also be enabled, and the port address can be specied. This option is set to Auto by default.
Serial Port Address Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This eld sets the serial port address to either COM1 or
COM2 (COM1=0x3F8, COM2=0x2F8). This option is set to Serial Device1=COM2 or Serial Device 2=COM1 by
default.
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