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name=value pair 1 attribute= name=value pair 2 setting= Description
• alternate: Maps to Serial 
device1=COM2, Serial device2=COM1
• com1: Sets serial port address to COM1.
• com2: Sets serial port address to COM2.
attribute=serialcom setting=o | on | com1 | com2 | 
onwithconsole
• o: Disables serial communication 
setting.
• on: Enables serial communication setting 
without console redirection.
• com1: Enables serial communication 
setting with console redirection through 
COM1.
• com2: Enables serial communication 
setting with console redirection through 
COM2.
• onwithconsole: Enables serial 
communication with console redirection 
through COM1 and COM2.
NOTE: The setting onwithconsole is 
supported only on Dell blade 
systems.
attribute=serialport1 setting=o | auto | com1 | com3 | bmcserial 
| bmcnic | rac | com1bmc
• o: Disables serial port 1.
• auto: Maps serial port 1 to a COM port.
• com1: Maps serial port 1 to COM port 1.
• com3: Maps serial port 1 to COM port 3.
• bmcserial: Maps serial port 1 to BMC 
Serial.
• bmcnic: Maps serial port 1 to the 
Baseboard Management Controller 
(BMC) NIC.
• rac: Maps serial port 1 to the Remote 
Access Controller (RAC.)
• com1bmc: Maps serial port 1 to COM 
port 1 bmc.
NOTE: This command is applicable 
only on selected 
x8xx
 systems.
attribute=serialport2 setting=o | auto | com2 | com4
• o: Disables serial port 2.
• auto: Maps serial port 2 to a COM port.
• com2: Maps serial port 2 to COM port 2.
• com4: Maps serial port 2 to COM port 4.
attribute=speaker setting=on | o
• on: Enables the speaker.
• o: Disables the speaker.
attribute=cputurbomode setting=enabled | disabled
CPU turbo mode can increase the CPU 
frequency when the system is operating 
below the thermal, power, or current limits.
• enabled: Enables CPU Turbo Mode.
• disabled: Disables CPU Turbo Mode.
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