Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- About your system
- Performing initial system configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- About system setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup main screen
- System BIOS screen
- System Information screen
- Memory Settings screen
- Processor Settings screen
- SATA Settings screen
- Boot Settings screen
- Integrated Devices screen
- Serial Communications screen
- System Profile Settings screen
- System Security screen
- Miscellaneous Settings screen
- About Boot Manager
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Assigning a system or setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup password
- Operating with a setup password enabled
- Embedded system management
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Processor core licensing
- Networking configurations
- Installing sled components
- Recommended tools
- Removing the sled
- Installing the sled
- Inside the sled
- Cable cover
- Cooling shroud
- System memory
- Hard drives/SSDs
- Hard drive/SSD to node assignment
- Removing a hard drive/SSD
- Installing a hard drive/SSD
- Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive/SSD
- Configuring the boot drive
- Removing a 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD from a hard-drive/SSD carrier
- Installing a 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD in a hard-drive/SSD carrier
- Removing a 1.8 inch SSD from the SSD carrier
- Installing a 1.8 inch SSD in the SSD carrier
- Hard-drive/SSD backplane
- SSD cage assembly
- Easy restore module
- System battery
- System board
- Control panel
- Troubleshooting your system
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Technical specifications
- Getting help
Menu Item Description
NOTE: When C States is enabled in Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting does not
impact system power/performance.
Memory Patrol
Scrub
Allows you to set the memory patrol scrub frequency. By default, the Memory Patrol Scrub option is set
to Standard.
Memory Refresh
Rate
Allows you to set the memory refresh rate. By default, the Memory Refresh Rate option is set to 1x.
Memory
Operating
Voltage
Allows you to set the DIMM voltage selection. When set to Auto, the system automatically sets the
system voltage to the optimal setting based on the DIMM capacity and the number of DIMMs installed. By
default, the Memory Operating Voltage option is set to Auto.
Collaborative
CPU
Performance
Control
When set to enabled, the CPU power management is controlled by the OS DBPM and the System DBPM
(DAPC). By default, the option is set to Disabled.
System Security screen
Menu Item
Description
Intel AES-NI The Intel AES-In option improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption
using the Advanced Encryption Standard set and is set to Enabled by default.
System
Password
Allows you to set the system password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in
the system.
Setup Password Allows you to set the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in
the system.
Password Status Allows you to lock the system password. By default, the Password Status option is set to Unlocked.
AC Power
Recovery
Allows you to set how the system reacts after AC power is restored to the system. By default, the AC
Power Recovery option is set to Last.
Miscellaneous Settings screen
Menu Item
Description
System Time Allows you to set the time on the system.
System Date Allows you to set the date on the system.
Asset Tag Displays the asset tag and allows you to modify it for security and tracking purposes.
Keyboard
NumLock
Allows you to set whether the system boots with the NumLock enabled or disabled. By default the
Keyboard NumLock is set to On.
NOTE: This field does not apply to 84-key keyboards.
Report Keyboard
Errors
Allows you to set whether keyboard-related error messages are reported during system boot. By default,
the Report Keyboard Errors field is set to Report.
F1/F2 Prompt on
Error
Allows you to enable or disable the F1/F2 prompt on error. By default, F1/F2 Prompt on Error is set to
Enabled.
16 Pre-operating system management applications