Dell Serial Port (Type 210)

Source: Dell libsmbios, doc/smbios23.xml.

Table 1. Dell Serial Port structure
Offset Version Name Length Value Description

0x00

2.2+

Type

BYTE

210

Dell Serial Port indicator

0x01

2.2+

Length

BYTE

0x0C

Length of the structure

0x02

2.2+

Handle

WORD

Varies

0x04

2.2+

Base I/O Address

WORD

ADDRESS

0x06

2.2+

IRQ

BYTE

NUMBER

0x07

2.2+

Connector Type

BYTE

ENUM

See Connector types for details

0x08

2.2+

Capabilities

BYTE

ENUM

See Capabilities for details

0x09

2.2+

Maximum BIOS Speed

WORD

SPEED

Highest speed the BIOS supports on the port, in hundreds of bits per second, e.g. 1152 for 115200 bit/s. The source gives no unit, which is inferred from the data of Dell systems.

0x0B

2.2+

Security Settings

BYTE

ENUM

See Security settings for details

1. Dell Serial Port — Connector types

Table 2. Dell Serial Port: Connector type field
Hex Value Dec Value Meaning

0x01

1

Other

0x02

2

Unknown

0x03

3

DB-9 Male

0x04

4

DB-9 Female

0x05

5

DB-25 Male

0x06

6

DB-25 Female

0x07

7

RJ-11

0x08

8

RJ-45

0x09

9

Proprietary

0x0A

10

Circular DIN-8 Male

0x0B

11

Circular DIN-8 Female

0xA0

160

Mini-Centronics Type-14

0xA1

161

Mini-Centronics Type-26

2. Dell Serial Port — Capabilities

Table 3. Dell Serial Port: Capabilities field
Hex Value Dec Value Meaning

0x01

1

Other

0x02

2

Unknown

0x03

3

XT/AT compatible

0x04

4

16450 compatible

0x05

5

16550 compatible

0x06

6

16550A compatible

0xA0

160

8251 compatible

0xA1

161

8251 FIFO compatible

3. Dell Serial Port — Security settings

Table 4. Dell Serial Port: Security settings field
Hex Value Dec Value Meaning

0x01

1

Other

0x02

2

Unknown

0x03

3

None

0x04

4

External Interface Locked Out

0x05

5

External Interface Enabled

0x06

6

Boot-bypass