Administrator Guide

BIOS

WARNING: Changing the BIOS may be detrimental to platform operations if the changes are not fully understood. Before you

change the BIOS, if you have questions, contact your Dell EMC technical representative.

For the most current BIOS update information, see the VEP4600 Release Notes.

Topics:

• BIOS setup

• Console redirection

• Hardware ow control

• Super IO conguration

• Boot order

• Server management

• Option ROM dispatch policy

• SR-IOV support

• USB 3.0

• PXE and HTTP boot support

• Network interface conguration

• Advanced power management

• Trusted computing

• Embedded DIAGS

BIOS setup

To enter the BIOS setup, press the delete key during the BIOS boot up.

By default, to enter the BIOS setup, you have three seconds to press the delete key during the BIOS boot up. To increase the time allowed,

from the BIOS setup screen, select the Boot tab, then change the Setup Prompt Timeout number. The maximum prompt timeout is 10

seconds.

Figure 2. Setup prompt timout

The Main screen displays the BIOS and platform details such as the processor model, amount of memory, and so forth. Use the Main tab

to set the date and time, which is saved to the real time clock (RTC).

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