Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge M830 (For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure) Owner's Manual
- Dell PowerEdge M830 (for PowerEdge VRTX) 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
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Network Settings
- UEFI iSCSI Settings
- System Security
- Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings
- System Information
- Memory Settings
- Processor Settings
- SATA Settings
- Integrated Devices
- Serial Communication
- System Profile Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing server module components
- Safety instructions
- Recommended tools
- Removing and installing a server module
- System cover
- Inside the server module
- Cooling shroud
- Processor blank and DIMM blank
- System memory
- PCIe mezzanine cards
- PCIe mezzanine card support bracket
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- rSPI card (optional)
- SD vFlash card
- Network daughter card
- Processors
- 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
- 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 (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Removing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane
- Installing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane
- System battery
- Storage controller card
- Expander card
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Getting help
Option Description
AC Power
Recovery
Sets how the system behaves after AC power is restored to the system. This option is set to Last by
default.
UEFI Variable
Access
Provides varying degrees of securing UEFI variables. When set to Standard (the default), UEFI variables
are accessible in the operating system per the UEFI specification. When set to Controlled, selected UEFI
variables are protected in the environment and new UEFI boot entries are forced to be at the end of the
current boot order.
Secure Boot
Policy
When Secure Boot policy is set to Standard, the BIOS uses the system manufacturer’s key and
certificates to authenticate pre-boot images. When Secure Boot policy is set to Custom, the BIOS uses
the user-defined key and certificates. Secure Boot policy is set to Standard by default.
Secure Boot
Policy Summary
Specifies the list of certificates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images.
Related references
System Security on page 31
Related tasks
Viewing System Security on page 32
Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings
Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings is displayed only when Secure Boot Policy is set to Custom.
Viewing Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings
To view the Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings 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.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click System Security.
5. On the System Security screen, click Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings.
Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings details
The Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Platform Key Imports, exports, deletes, or restores the platform key (PK).
Key Exchange
Key Database
Enables you to import, export, delete, or restore entries in the Key Exchange Key (KEK) Database.
Authorized
Signature
Database
Imports, exports, deletes, or restores entries in the Authorized Signature Database (db).
Forbidden
Signature
Database
Imports, exports, deletes, or restores entries in the Forbidden Signature Database (dbx).
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