System Setup Details; System Bios - Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7420 Installation And Service Manual

System Setup details

The System Setup Main Menu screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description

System BIOS

Enables you to configure BIOS settings.
iDRAC Settings Enables you to configure the iDRAC settings.
The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI
(Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the
iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller User's Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Device Settings Enables you to configure device settings.
System BIOS
You can use the System BIOS screen to edit specific functions such as boot order, system password, and setup password, set
the SATA and PCIe NVMe RAID mode, and enable or disable USB ports.
Viewing System BIOS
To view the System BIOS screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If the operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart the system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
System BIOS Settings details
About this task
The System BIOS Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
System Provides information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag.
Information
Memory Settings Provides information and options related to the installed memory.
Processor Provides information and options related to the processor such as speed and cache size.
Settings
SATA Settings Provides options to enable or disable the integrated SATA controller and ports.
NVMe Settings Provides options to change the NVMe settings. If the system contains the NVMe drives that you want to
configure in a RAID array, you must set both this field and the Embedded SATA field on the SATA
Settings menu to RAID mode. You might also need to change the Boot Mode setting to UEFI.
Otherwise, you should set this field to Non-RAID mode.
Boot Settings Provides options to specify the Boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Enables you to modify UEFI and BIOS boot
settings.
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