Dell EMC PowerEdge R650 BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide Part Number: E69S Series Regulatory Type: E69S001 May 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Pre-operating system management applications...........................................................4 System Setup....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 System BIOS................................................................................................................................................................... 5 iDRAC Settings utility......
1 Pre-operating system management applications You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system firmware.
System BIOS To view the System BIOS screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS. Table 2. System BIOS details Option Description System Information Provides 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.
Table 3. System Information details (continued) Option Description System CPLD Version Specifies the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) firmware. UEFI Compliance Version Specifies the UEFI compliance level of the system firmware. Memory Settings To view the Memory Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Memory Settings. Table 4.
Table 4. Memory Settings details (continued) Option Description Dark Memory: Total Memory Available Enables or Disables dark memory feature. Dark Memory feature allows software to change memory size. The option is set to Disabled in default, need to be enabled by personality module. Persistent Memory details About this task The Persistent Memory screen details can be found in the DCPMM User Guide at https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description Hardware Prefetcher Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default. DCU Streamer Prefetcher Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default. DCU IP Prefetcher Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default. Sub NUMA Cluster Enables or disables the Sub NUMA Cluster.
Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description Intel SST-CP Enables Intel SST-CP. This option is displayed if Performance Per Watt (operating system) or Custom (when OSPM is enabled) system profiles are selected. This option is displayed and selectable for each system profile mode. Thsi option is set to Disabled by default. x2APIC Mode Enables or disables x2APIC mode. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description feature is available only on Advanced RAS processors. This option is set to Disabled by default. Processor n NOTE: Depending on the number of processors, there might be up to n processors listed. The following settings are displayed for each processor: Table 6. Processor n details Option Description Family-Model-Stepping Specifies the family, model, and stepping of the processor as defined by Intel. Brand Specifies the brand name.
Table 7. SATA Settings details Option Description Table 8. Port n (continued) Options Descriptions Capacity Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives. NVMe Settings This option sets the NVMe drive mode. If the system contains NVMe drives that you want to configure in a RAID array, you must set both this field and the Embedded SATA field on the SATA settings menu to RAID Mode.
Table 10. Boot Settings details (continued) Option Description Hard-disk Failover Enables or disables the Hard-disk failover. This option is set to Disabled by default. Generic USB Boot Enables or disables the generic USB boot placeholder. This option is set to Disabled by default. Hard-disk Drive Placeholder Enables or disables the Hard-disk drive placeholder. This option is set to Disabled by default. Clean all Sysprep order and variables When this option is set to None, BIOS will do nothing.
3. Click Exit, and then click Yes to save the settings on exit. NOTE: You can also enable or disable boot order devices as needed. Network Settings To view the Network Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Network Settings. NOTE: Network Settings are not supported in BIOS boot mode. Table 12. Network Settings details Option Description UEFI PXE Settings Enables you to control the configuration of the UEFI PXE device.
Table 15. ISCSI Device1 Settings screen details (continued) Option Description Connection Order Enables you to control the order for which the iSCSI connections will be attempted. Integrated Devices To view the Integrated Devices screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Integrated Devices. Table 16. Integrated Devices details Option Description User Accessible USB Ports Configures the user accessible USB ports.
Table 16. Integrated Devices details (continued) Option Description 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. 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.
Table 17. Serial Communication details Option Description Serial Communication Enables the serial communication options. Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS. BIOS console redirection can also be enabled, and the port address can be specified. The options available for System without serial COM port (DB9) are On without Console Redirection, On with Console Redirection, Off. This option is set to Off by default.
Table 18. System Profile Settings details (continued) Option Description (DAPC) by default. Other options include Performance, Performance Per Watt (OS), Workstation Performance and Custom. NOTE: All the parameters on the system profile setting screen are available only when the System Profile option is set to Custom. CPU Power Management Sets the CPU power management. This option is set to System DBPM (DAPC) by default. Other option includes Maximum Performance, OS DBPM.
System Security To view the System Security screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > System Security. Table 19. System Security details Option Description CPU AES-NI Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to Enabled by default. System Password Sets the system password.
Table 21. TPM 2.0 security information (continued) Option Description TPM Advanced Settings Specifies TPM Advanced Settings details. Table 22. System Security details Option Description Intel(R) TXT Enables you to set the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) option. To enable the Intel TXT option, virtualization technology and TPM Security must be enabled with Pre-boot measurements. This option is set to Off by default.
Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description AC Power Recovery Delay Sets the time delay for the system to power up after AC power is restored to the system. This option is set to Immediate by default. When this option is set to Immediate, there is no delay for power up. When this option is set to Random, the system creates a random delay for power up. When this option is set to User Defined, the system delay time is manually to power up.
Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description Secure Boot Policy Summary Specifies the list of certificates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images. Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings Configures the Secure Boot Custom Policy. To enable this option, set the Secure Boot Policy to Custom option. Creating a system and setup password Prerequisites Ensure that the password jumper is enabled.
Deleting or changing system and setup password Prerequisites NOTE: You cannot delete or change an existing system or setup password if the Password Status is set to Locked. Steps 1. To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or restarting your system. 2. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > System Security. 3. On the System Security screen, ensure that Password Status is set to Unlocked. 4.
Table 24. Redundant OS Control details (continued) Option Description When set to Visible, the backup disk is visible to the boot list and OS. When set to Hidden, the backup disk is disabled and is not visible to the boot list and OS. This option is set to Visible by default. NOTE: BIOS disables the device in hardware, so it is not accessed by the OS. Redundant OS Boot NOTE: This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None or if Redundant OS State is set to Hidden.
Dell Lifecycle Controller Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, configuration, update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications. Embedded system management The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded system management throughout the lifecycle of the system.
