Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge FC830 system overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing sled components
- Safety instructions
- Recommended tools
- Sled
- Inside the sled
- Cooling shroud
- Cooling shroud retention bar
- System memory
- Processor blank and DIMM blank
- Processors
- PCIe mezzanine card
- PCIe mezzanine card support bracket
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- rSPI card (optional)
- SD vFlash card
- Network daughter card
- Hard drives or SSDs
- Hard-drive or SSD bay numbering
- Hard drive or SSD installation guidelines
- Removing a hard drive or SSD
- Installing a hard drive or SSD
- Removing a hard drive or SSD blank
- Installing a hard drive or SSD blank
- Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive or SSD
- Configuring the boot drive
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD from a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD carrier
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD in a 2.5-inch hard-drive or SSD carrier
- Removing a 1.8-inch SSD from a 1.8-inch SSD carrier
- Installing a 1.8-inch SSD in a 1.8-inch SSD carrier
- Hard-drive or SSD cage
- Hard drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5 inch (x8) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x8) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x8) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x8) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x6) SATA hard drive or SSD and 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x6) SATA hard drive or SSD and 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Removing a 1.8-inch (x16) SAS SSD backplane
- Installing a 1.8-inch (x16) SAS SSD backplane
- Storage controller card
- Expander card
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Getting help
Boot Settings on page 22
Network Settings on page 24
System Security on page 26
System Information on page 30
Memory Settings on page 32
Processor Settings on page 33
SATA Settings on page 35
Integrated Devices on page 38
Serial Communication on page 39
System Profile Settings on page 41
Miscellaneous Settings on page 42
iDRAC Settings utility on page 44
Device Settings on page 45
Related tasks
Viewing System BIOS on page 21
Viewing System BIOS
To view the System BIOS screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Turn 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.
Related references
System BIOS on page 20
System BIOS Settings details on page 21
System BIOS Settings details
About this task
The System BIOS Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System
Information
Specifies information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag.
Memory Settings Specifies information and options related to the installed memory.
Processor
Settings
Specifies information and options related to the processor such as speed and cache size.
SATA Settings Specifies options to enable or disable the integrated SATA controller and ports.
Boot Settings Specifies options to specify the boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Enables you to modify UEFI and BIOS boot
settings.
Network Settings Specifies options to change the network settings.
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