Reference Guide

Integrated Devices
You can use the Integrated Devices screen to view and configure the settings of all integrated devices including the video
controller, integrated RAID controller, and the USB ports.
Viewing Integrated Devices
To view the Integrated Devices screen, perform the following steps:
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 finish 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 Integrated Devices.
Integrated Devices details
About this task
The Integrated Devices screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
User Accessible
USB Ports
Enables or disables the USB ports. Selecting All Ports Off disables all USB ports. The USB keyboard and
mouse operate during boot process in certain operating systems. After the boot process is complete, the
USB keyboard and mouse do not work if the ports are disabled. This option is set to All Ports On by
default.
Internal SD Card
Port
Enables or disables the internal SD Card port on the PCIe riser. This option is set to On or Off. This
option is set to On by default.
iDRAC Direct
USB Port
The iDRAC Direct USB port is managed by iDRAC exclusively with no host visibility. This option is set to
ON or OFF. When set to OFF, iDRAC does not detect any USB devices installed in this managed port.
This option is set to On by default.
Embedded NIC1 Enables or disables the Embedded NIC1 port. The option is set to Enabled by default.
I/OAT DMA
Engine
Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) option. I/OAT is a set of DMA features
designed to accelerate network traffic and lower CPU utilization. Enable only if the hardware and
software support the feature.This option is set to Disabled by default.
I/O Snoop
HoldOff
Response
Selects the number of cycles PCI I/O can withhold snoop requests, from the CPU, to allow time
to complete its own write to LLC. This setting can help improve performance on workloads where
throughput and latency are critical.
Embedded Video
Controller
Enables or disables the use of Embedded Video Controller as the primary display. When set to Enabled,
the Embedded Video Controller is used as the primary display even if add-in graphic cards are installed.
When set to Disabled, an add-in graphics card is used as the primary display. BIOS will output displays
to both the primary add-in video and the embedded video during POST and pre-boot environment. The
embedded video is disabled before the operating system boots. This option is set to Enabled by default.
NOTE: When there are multiple add-in graphic cards installed in the system, the first card discovered
during PCI enumeration is selected as the primary video. You might have to re-arrange the cards in
the slots in order to control which card is the primary video.
Current State of
Embedded Video
Controller
Displays the current state of the embedded video controller. The Current State of Embedded Video
Controller option is a read-only field. If the Embedded Video Controller is the only display capability in the
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