Dell Latitude E5550 Owner's Manual page 45

Table 2. System Configuration
Option
Integrated NIC
Parallel Port
Serial Port
SATA Operation
Drives
SMART Reporting
USB Configuration
Description
Allows you to configure the integrated network controller. The options
are:
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Enabled w/PXE: This option is enabled by default.
Allows you to configure the parallel port on the docking station. The
options are:
• Disabled
• AT: This option is enabled by default.
• PS2
• ECP
Allows you to configure the integrated serial port. The options are:
• Disabled
• COM1: This option is enabled by default.
• COM2
• COM3
• COM4
Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard-drive controller. The
options are:
• Disabled
• AHCI
• RAID On: This option is enabled by default.
Allows you to configure the SATA drives on board. All drives are enabled
by default. The options are:
• SATA-0
• SATA-1
• SATA-2
• SATA-3
This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are
reported during system startup. This technology is part of the SMART
(Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) specification. This
option is disabled by default.
• Enable SMART Reporting
This field configures the integrated USB controller. If Boot Support is
enabled, the system is allowed to boot any type of USB Mass Storage
Devices (HDD, memory key, floppy).
If USB port is enabled, device attached to this port is enabled and
available for OS.
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