Use this window to assign values to BIOS Setup fields.
Selection | User Privileges | |
U=User; P=Power User; A=Administrator; NA=Not Applicable | ||
View | Manage | |
BIOS Setup | A | A |
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NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see "Privilege Levels in the Server Administrator GUI." |
When you use BIOS Setup, you make changes that cannot take effect until you reboot your system. After you have made a change to a BIOS setting, a Reboot System button appears. If you click this button, you receive more confirmation messages that you want to reboot your system. Rebooting your system gives effect to the BIOS setting changes you have just made.
When you power on your system, the system performs checks before it loads the operating system. BIOS settings allow you to control which devices must be located during a system boot, and which devices are enabled or disabled. Disabling devices that you do not plan to use can save time during the boot process.
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NOTE: This help page may include information about BIOS features not supported by your system. Server Administrator only displays the BIOS features that are supported on your system. |
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NOTE: The BIOS Setup window for your system only displays the BIOS features that are supported on your system. |
You can set the state of each BIOS setup object by clicking on it.
Attribute |
Setting |
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Trusted Platform Module | Off | Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is disabled. |
NOTE: Trusted Platform
Module options cannot be configured by Server Administrator. Irrespective of the browser language, the TPM options will display in English only. NOTE: Due to the limitations of the VMware® ESXi version 3.5 operating system, this option will not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator. |
On with Pre-boot Measurements | During a system boot, the pre-boot measurements for TPM are checked. |
On without Pre-boot Measurements | During a system boot, only certain pre-boot measurements for TPM are checked. | |
OS Watchdog Timer NOTE: OS
Watchdog Timer options
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Disabled | Instructs the BIOS to disable the operating system watchdog timer during system boot. |
Enabled | Instructs the BIOS to enable the operating system watchdog timer during system boot. | |
CPU Execute Disable | Enabled | When enabled, the Intel™ CPUs that support the eXecute Disable (XD) feature will report the support to the operating system. |
Disabled | When disabled, Intel CPUs that support the eXecute Disable (XD) feature will not report the support to the operating system. | |
Processor CMP
NOTE: The Processor CMP options will display based on the number of cores available in the processor on your system. |
1 | Enables one core of the processor. |
2 | Enables two cores of the processor. | |
4 | Enables four cores of the processor. | |
Embedded Video Controller | Disabled | Disables embedded video controller as the primary video device. |
Enabled | Enables embedded video controller as the primary video device. | |
Boot Mode | UEFI | Enables booting to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) capable operating systems. |
BIOS | Ensures compatibility with operating systems that do not support UEFI. | |
CPU C State Control | Disabled | Disables the processor to operate in all available Power C States. |
Enabled | Enables the processor to operate in all available Power C States. | |
Demand Based Power Management | Disabled | Disables configuration of the Demand Based Power Management feature. This is the default setting. |
Enabled | Enables configuration of the Demand Based Power Management feature. | |
Numlock |
On |
Allows the keypad to be used as number keys at boot time. |
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Off |
Allows the keypad to be used as arrow keys at boot time. |
Diskette |
Off |
Disables the diskette drive during system boot. |
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Auto |
Auto-enables the diskette drive during system boot. |
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Write Protect |
Does not allow writes during system boot. Makes the diskette drive read-only during system boot. |
Dual NIC | An optional feature in some systems, the Dual NIC card adds two additional network ports to the server blade modules. For embedded NICs (network interface cards) that have this feature, both NICs are either enabled or disabled. The NICs cannot be enabled or disabled independently of each other. If the NICs are enabled, PXE or iSCSI can be enabled or disabled independently for each NIC. | |
Configuration of Dual NIC | Disabled (OS) |
This field disables the OS interface of the
embedded NIC 1 and NIC 2 controller. NOTE: If set to Disabled (OS), the embedded NIC could still be available for shared network access by the embedded management controller. You can configure this function by using the NIC management utilities provided with your system. |
Enabled | This field enables the OS interface of the embedded NIC 1 and NIC 2 controller. | |
Configuration of First NIC | Enabled with PXE | Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC PXE during system boot. |
Enabled with iSCSI | Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC iSCSI during system boot. This option appears only if iSCSI is present in your system. | |
Configuration of Second NIC | Enabled with PXE | Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC PXE during system boot. |
Enabled with iSCSI | Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC iSCSI during system boot. This option appears only if iSCSI is present in your system. |
NIC (number) |
Disabled |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the NIC during system boot. |
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Enabled |
Instructs the BIOS to enable NIC (number) without PXE or iSCSI during system boot. |
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Enabled with PXE Enabled with iSCSI |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC (number) PXE during system boot. Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC (number) iSCSI during system boot. This option appears only if iSCSI is present in your system. |
Mouse | On | Instructs the BIOS to enable the mouse during system boot. |
Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable the mouse during system boot. | |
Speaker | On | Instructs the BIOS to enable the speaker during system boot. |
Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable the speaker during system boot. |
USB |
Enabled |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the Universal Serial Bus (USB) during system boot. |
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Disabled |
Disables the USB during system boot. |
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Enabled with BIOS support |
Enables the USB during system boot with BIOS support. |
Internal USB Port | Disabled | Disables configuration of the Internal USB port. This is the default setting. |
NOTE: On some systems, the configuration of the internal USB port has been disabled because of the current setting of the User Accessible USB Ports option. To configure the internal USB port, the User Accessible USB Ports option must be set to All Ports On. | Enabled | Enables configuration of the Internal USB port. |
IDE |
Auto |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the integrated device electronics (IDE) drive during system boot. |
Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable the IDE drive during system boot. | |
ROMB Channel A | RAID | Indicates whether the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) on Motherboard (ROMB) on channel A is set to type RAID. |
Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable ROMB on channel A during system boot. | |
SCSI | Indicates whether the ROMB on channel A is set to type Small Computer System Interface (SCSI). | |
ROMB Channel B | RAID | Indicates whether the ROMB on channel B is set to type RAID. |
Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable ROMB on channel B during system boot. | |
SCSI | Indicates whether the ROMB on channel B is set to type SCSI. | |
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Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the IDE drive during system boot. |
Primary SCSI |
On |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the primary SCSI device during system boot. |
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Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the primary SCSI device during system boot. |
Secondary SCSI | On | Instructs the BIOS to enable the secondary SCSI device during system boot. |
Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable the secondary SCSI device during system boot. |
Boot Sequence NOTE: Irrespective of the browser language, the Boot Sequence options will display in English only. NOTE: Due to the limitations of the VMware® ESXi version 3.5 operating system, this option will not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator. |
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Instructs the BIOS which device is used to boot the system. The bootable devices will vary depending upon the platform. Few options being SATA Optical Drive, Hard drive, IDE CD drive, etc. |
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Device List |
Begin the boot sequence with the device list. This option is disabled (greyed out) on xx1x systems. NOTE: Setting the boot sequence to Device List results in the following boot sequence: diskette, IDE CD drive, hard drive, option ROMs (if the devices are available). |
Parallel Port |
Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the device. |
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LPT1 |
Instructs the BIOS to find the device on LPT1. |
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LPT2 |
Instructs the BIOS to find the device on LPT2. |
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LPT3 |
Instructs the BIOS to find the device on LPT3. |
Parallel Mode |
AT |
Enables parallel port mode AT. |
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PS/2 |
Enables parallel port mode PS/2. |
Speaker |
On |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the speaker during system boot. |
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Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the speaker during system boot. |
Processor Core Based Turbo Mode |
Enabled |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the Processor Core Based Turbo mode during system boot. |
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Disabled |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the Processor Core Based Turbo mode during system boot. |
AC Power Recovery Mode | Configuration of AC Power Recovery Mode | |
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Off |
The system will remain switched off after power is restored. |
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The system will turn on if the system was on when the power was lost. The system will remain off, if the system was off when power was lost. | |
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The system will turn on after power is restored. | |
Recovery Time | ||
Immediate | The system will turn on immediately. | |
Random | The system will turn on with random delay if the last state is on. | |
Time delay | The system will turn on with user specified time delay if the last state is on. This value can be configured in seconds. |
Embedded SATA Controller |
Off |
Disables the SATA controller. |
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ATA |
Sets the onboard SATA controller to ATA mode. |
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RAID |
Sets the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode. |
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QDMA |
Sets the onboard SATA controller to QDMA mode. |
SATA Port (number) |
Off |
Disables the SATA port. |
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Auto |
Automatically enables the SATA port. |
IDE Primary Drive (number) |
Off |
Disables the IDE primary drive. |
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Auto |
Automatically enables the IDE primary drive. |
Node Interleaving | Disabled | Instructs the BIOS to disable "Node Interleaving" during system boot. |
Enabled |
Instructs the BIOS to enable "Node Interleaving"
during system boot. NOTE: When node interleaving is enabled, NUMA (Non uniform memory architecture) is disabled and when node interleaving is disabled NUMA is enabled. |
Console Redirection |
Off |
Turns off BIOS console redirection. |
NOTE: Serial ports are not present on all systems. | ||
Serial Port 1 | Redirects the BIOS screen over serial port 1. Keyboard and text output are redirected over serial port 1. The current settings of Serial Port 1 determine the ultimate target for the redirected output. | |
Serial Port 2 | Redirects the BIOS screen over serial port 2. | |
BMC NIC | Redirects the BIOS screen over the
BMC NIC. Keyboard and text output are redirected over the BMC NIC. NOTE: This option is not available on xx0x modular systems. |
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iDRAC/MC | Enables the management module
connection for certain modular systems. Management functions include: power, alert, and
cooling management, input/output module and keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) management. NOTE: This option is only available on xx0x modular systems. |
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On | Turns on BIOS console redirection. |
Serial Port 1 |
Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the device. NOTE: This option is not available when Console Redirection is enabled. |
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Auto |
Instructs the BIOS to automap the device to a COM port. |
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COM 1 |
Instructs the BIOS to map the device to COM port 1. |
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COM 3 |
Instructs the BIOS to map the device to COM port 3. NOTE: This option is not available when Console Redirection is enabled. |
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BMC Serial |
If enabled, BMC controls traffic between the operating system and the BMC. |
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BMC NIC |
If enabled, this built-in serial port is connected to the BMC which transfers the data over the shared NIC. |
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RAC |
If enabled, this built in serial port is connected to the RAC. NOTE: This option is only available when RAC is present in the system. |
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BMC COM 1 |
If enabled, makes BMC snoop the data stream going from the DB9 connector to COM 1. |
Serial Port 2 | Off | Instructs the BIOS to disable the device. |
Auto | Instructs the BIOS to automap the device to a COM port. | |
COM 2 | Instructs the BIOS to map the device to COM port 2. | |
COM 4 | Instructs the BIOS to map the device to COM port 4. |
You can set the state of each BIOS setup object by clicking on it.
Serial Communications | On with Console Redirection | Instructs the BIOS to enable COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made
available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console
Redirection is enabled. NOTE: This option is applicable only on non-modular systems. |
On without Console Redirection | Instructs the BIOS to enable COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console Redirection is disabled. | |
On with Console Redirection via COM1 | Instructs the BIOS to enable COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console Redirection is via COM port 1. | |
On with Console Redirection via COM2 | Instructs the BIOS to enable COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications. BIOS Console Redirection is via COM port 2. | |
Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable COM port 1 and COM port 2. | |
Serial Address Select
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Click on the serial address select link to configure the serial port address. | |
Serial Device1=COM1, Serial Device2=COM2 | This option sets
Serial Device 1 to COM1 and Serial Device 2 to COM2. NOTE: This option is available only on Dell™ PowerEdge™ xx1x non-modular systems.
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Serial Device1=COM2, Serial Device2=COM1 | This option sets
Serial Device 1 to COM2 and Serial Device 2 to COM1.
NOTE: This option is available only on Dell™ PowerEdge™ xx1x non-modular systems. |
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COM1 | This option sets
Serial Device to COM1. NOTE: This option is available only on Dell™ PowerEdge™ xx1x modular systems. |
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COM2 | This option sets
Serial Device to COM2. NOTE: This option is available only on Dell PowerEdge xx1x modular systems. |
Console Redirection After Boot |
Enabled |
Enables BIOS console redirection after system reboot. |
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Disabled |
Disables BIOS console redirection. |
Console Redirection Failsafe BAUD Rate |
115200 |
Sets the failsafe baud rate, in bits per second (bps). |
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57600 |
Sets the failsafe baud rate, in bits per second (bps). |
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19200 |
Sets the failsafe baud rate, in bits per second (bps). |
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9600 |
Sets the failsafe baud rate, in bits per second (bps). |
External Serial Connector | COM1 | Instructs the BIOS to map the external
serial connector to COM port 1. NOTE: This option is available only on pre-xx1x systems. |
COM2 | Instructs the
BIOS to map the external serial connector to COM port 2. NOTE: This option is available only on pre-xx1x systems. |
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Serial Device 1 | Instructs the BIOS to map the external serial connector to Serial Device 1. NOTE: This option is available only on xx1x systems. |
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Serial Device 2 | Instructs the BIOS to map the external serial connector to Serial Device 2. NOTE: This option is available only on xx1x systems. |
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Remote Access Device | BIOS maps the external serial connector to the Remote Access Management interface. This is the default setting. Terminal escape sequences can toggle the external connector between the system (COM ports 1 and 2) and the Remote Access device. |
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Export | Saves a text file containing the contents of this window (the values of each data field separated by a customizable delimiter) to a destination you specify. |
E-mails the contents of this window to your designated recipient. See the Server Administrator User's Guide for instructions about configuring your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. | |
Refresh | Updates the screen with latest information. |