Trusted Platform Module | NOTE: You cannot configure
the Trusted Platform Module using Server Administrator. |
| NOTE: Due to the limitations
of the VMware ESXi operating system, this option will not be available
with this release of Server Administrator. |
|
Off |
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is disabled. |
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. |
Trusted Cryptographic Module | NOTE: You cannot configure
the TCM options using Server Administrator. |
| NOTE: Due to the limitations
of the VMware ESXi operating system, this option will not be available
with this release of Server Administrator. |
|
Off |
The presence of the Trusted Cryptographic Module
(TCM) is not reported to the operating system. |
On |
The presence of the TCM is reported to the OS. |
OS Watchdog Timer | NOTE: OS
Watchdog Timer options cannot be configured by Server
Administrator. |
|
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. |
|
<n> | NOTE: <n> is the number
of cores of the processor. |
|
Enables <n> number of 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. |
Boot Sequence | NOTE: If you are an
Elevated Administrator (Linux only) (Linux only), you can only view
the first device that is enabled for the boot order sequence. |
|
Move Up |
Click the Enabled check
box to enable the device for the boot order sequence. Select the required
device by clicking on it. Clicking will highlight the device. Use
the Move up button to move the selected device
for the boot order sequence you require. |
Move Down |
Click the Enabled check
box to enable the device for the boot order sequence. Select the required
device by clicking on it. Clicking will highlight the device. Use
the Move down button to move the selected device
for the boot order sequence you require. |
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence |
Move Up |
Select the required device by clicking on it. Clicking
will highlight the device. Use the Move up button
to move the selected hard disk drive device. Define the order in which
you want the hard disk device to boot using this option. |
Move Down |
Select the required device by clicking on it. Clicking
will highlight the device. Use the Move down button to move the selected hard disk drive device. Define the order
in which you want the hard disk device to boot using this option. |
e-SATA Ports |
Off |
Configures the e-SATA port to off. |
Auto |
Configures the e-SATA port to auto. |
Processor C1-E |
Disabled |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the processor C1-E
State. |
Enabled |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the processor C1-E
State. |
Numlock |
On |
Allows the keypad to be used as number keys at
boot time. |
Off |
Allows the keypad to be used as arrow keys at
boot time. |
Diskette |
Off |
Disables the diskette drive during system boot.
|
Auto |
Auto-enables the diskette drive during system
boot. |
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. 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. |
uEnabled |
Instructs the BIOS to enable NIC (number) without
PXE or iSCSI during system boot. |
Enabled with PXE |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the NIC (number) PXE
during system boot. |
Enabled with iSCSI |
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. |
Disabled |
Disables the USB during system boot. |
Enabled with BIOS support |
Enables the USB during system boot with BIOS support.
|
Internal USB Port (number) | NOTE: Server Administrator
may not display the USB sequence number if there is only one USB port
on the system. |
| 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. |
|
Disabled |
Disables configuration of the Internal USB port.
This is the default setting. |
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. |
Primary SCSI |
On |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the primary SCSI
device during system boot. |
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 operating system, this
option will not be available with this release of Server Administrator.
|
| NOTE: If you
are an Elevated Administrator (Linux only) (Linux only), you can only
view the first device that is enabled for the boot order sequence. |
|
Device List |
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,
and, IDE CD drive. Begin the boot sequence with
the device list. This option is disabled (greyed out) on the 11th
generation PowerEdge 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. |
LPT1 |
Instructs the BIOS to find the device on LPT1.
|
LPT2 |
Instructs the BIOS to find the device on LPT2.
|
LPT3 |
Instructs the BIOS to find the device on LPT3.
|
Parallel Mode |
AT |
Enables parallel port mode AT. |
PS/2 |
Enables parallel port mode PS/2. |
Speaker |
On |
Instructs the BIOS to enable the speaker during
system boot. |
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. |
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 |
|
Off |
The system will remain switched off after power
is restored. |
Last |
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. |
On |
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. |
ATA |
Sets the onboard SATA controller to ATA mode. |
RAID |
Sets the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode.
|
QDMA |
Sets the onboard SATA controller to QDMA mode.
|
SATA Port (number) |
Off |
Disables the SATA port. |
Auto |
Automatically enables the SATA port. |
IDE Primary Drive (number) |
Off |
Disables the IDE primary drive. |
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 | NOTE: Serial ports
are not present on all systems. |
|
Off |
Turns off BIOS console redirection. |
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. |
User Accessible USB Ports | NOTE: While configuring this
option, ensure that the DRAC is still functioning correctly, because
the DRAC utilizes other USB ports that should not be turned off. |
|
All Ports On |
Enables all user accessible Universal Serial Bus
(USB) ports. |
Only Back Ports On |
Disables the front user accessible USB ports. |
All Ports Off |
Disables both front and back user accessible USB
ports. |
CPU Virtualization Technology | NOTE: Changing the
option to Enabled or Disabled will result in a system power down of approximately 3-5 seconds
during the next reboot. |
|
Disabled |
Disables the additional hardware capabilities
provided by Virtualization Technology. |
Enabled |
Enables the additional hardware capabilities provided
by Virtualization Technology. |
CPU HyperThreading (Logical
Processor) |
Enabled |
Each processor core supports up to two logical
processors. When set to this option (which is the default option),
the BIOS reports all logical processors. |
Disabled |
The BIOS reports only one logical processor per
core. |
HT Assist |
Enabled |
Enables the Probe Filter chipset option. |
Disabled |
Disables the Probe Filter chipset option. |
Embedded Hypervisor |
Disabled |
Disables configuration of the embedded hypervisor.
This is the default setting. |
Enabled |
Enables configuration of the embedded hypervisor. |
Optical Drive Controller |
Disabled |
Disables the optical SATA CD-ROM drive. |
Enabled |
Enables the optical SATA CD-ROM drive. |
Serial Port 1 |
Off |
Instructs the BIOS to disable the device. | NOTE: This option is not
available when Console Redirection is enabled. |
|
Auto |
Instructs the BIOS to automap the device to a COM
port. |
COM 1 |
Instructs the BIOS to map the device to COM port
1. |
COM 3 |
Instructs the BIOS to map the device to COM port
3. | NOTE: This option
is not available when Console Redirection is enabled. |
|
BMC Serial |
If enabled, BMC controls traffic between the operating
system and the BMC. |
BMC NIC |
If enabled, this built-in serial port is connected
to the BMC which transfers the data over the shared NIC. |
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. |
|
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. |