Dell PowerEdge M420 Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual - Page 16

Boot Settings Screen, Integrated Devices Screen, User Accessible USB Ports

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Menu Item Port B Description Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port B. Off disables BIOS support for the device. By default, Port B is set to Auto. Boot Settings Screen Menu Item Boot Mode Boot Sequence Retry BIOS Boot Settings UEFI Boot Settings One-Time Boot Description Allows you to set the boot mode of the system. CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not installed in the same boot mode. If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this field to BIOS allows compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. By default, the Boot Mode option is set to BIOS. NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disables BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this field to BIOS disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu. Allows you to enable or disable the boot sequence retry feature. If this field is enabled and the system fails to boot, the system reattempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. By default, the Boot Sequence Retry option is set to Disabled. Allows you to enable or disable BIOS Boot options. NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS. Allows you to enable or disable UEFI Boot options. NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI. Allows you to enable or disable a one-time boot from a selected device. Integrated Devices Screen Menu Item Integrated RAID Controller User Accessible USB Ports Internal USB Port Internal SD Card Port Description Allows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the Integrated RAID Controller option is set to Enabled. Allows you enable or disable the user accessible USB ports. Selecting Only Back Ports On disables the front USB ports and selecting All Ports Off disables both front and back USB ports. By default, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On. Allows you to enable or disable the internal USB port. By default, the Internal USB Port option is set to On. Enables or disables the system's internal SD card port. By default, Internal SD Card Port option is set to On. NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board. 16

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Menu Item
Description
Port B
Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port B. Off disables BIOS support for the
device. By default, Port B is set to
Auto
.
Boot Settings Screen
Menu Item
Description
Boot Mode
Allows you to set the boot mode of the system.
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating
system is not installed in the same boot mode.
If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this field to BIOS
allows compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. By default, the
Boot Mode
option is set to
BIOS
.
NOTE:
Setting this field to UEFI disables BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this field to BIOS
disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu.
Boot Sequence
Retry
Allows you to enable or disable the boot sequence retry feature. If this field is enabled and the
system fails to boot, the system reattempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. By default, the
Boot Sequence Retry
option is set to
Disabled
.
BIOS Boot
Settings
Allows you to enable or disable BIOS Boot options.
NOTE:
This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS.
UEFI Boot
Settings
Allows you to enable or disable UEFI Boot options.
NOTE:
This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI.
One-Time Boot
Allows you to enable or disable a one-time boot from a selected device.
Integrated Devices Screen
Menu Item
Description
Integrated RAID
Controller
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the
Integrated RAID
Controller
option is set to
Enabled
.
User Accessible
USB Ports
Allows you enable or disable the user accessible USB ports. Selecting
Only Back Ports On
disables the front USB ports and selecting
All Ports Off
disables both front and back USB ports.
By default, the
User Accessible USB Ports
option is set to
All Ports On
.
Internal USB Port
Allows you to enable or disable the internal USB port. By default, the
Internal USB Port
option is
set to
On
.
Internal SD Card
Port
Enables or disables the system’s internal SD card port. By default,
Internal SD Card Port
option
is set to
On
.
NOTE:
This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board.
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