Dell PowerEdge T20 Owner's Manual page 15

Option
Advanced Boot Options
Date/Time
Table 2. System Configuration
Option
Integrated NIC
Serial Port
SATA Operation
Drives
SMART Reporting
Description
• UEFI
NOTE: If you boot the system to the BIOS boot mode after installing
an operating system with UEFI boot mode, the system does not
respond. You must boot to the same boot mode in which you
installed the operating system.
Enable Legacy Option ROMs — This option is enabled by default.
Allows you to set the date and time. Changes to the system date and time
take effect immediately.
Description
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated network card. You can set
the integrated NIC to:
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Enabled w/PXE (this option is enabled by default)
• Enable UEFI Network Stack
NOTE: Depending on the system and the devices installed, the items
listed in this section may or may not be displayed.
Allows you to define the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:
• Disabled
• COM1
• COM2
• COM3
• COM4
NOTE: The operating system may allocate resources even though the
setting is disabled.
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated hard-drive
controller.
• Disabled — The SATA controllers are hidden.
• ATA — SATA is configured for ATA mode.
• AHCI — SATA is configured for AHCI mode.
• RAID ON — SATA is configured to support RAID mode.
Allows you to enable or disable the various on-board drives:
• SATA-0
• SATA-1
• SATA-2
• SATA-3
This field controls if the hard drive errors for the integrated drives are
reported during system startup. This technology is part of the SMART (Self
Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) specification.
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