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Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs
BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide
Part Number: E74S Series
Regulatory Type: E74S001
September 2021
Rev. A01

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  • Page 1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide Part Number: E74S Series Regulatory Type: E74S001 September 2021 Rev. A01...
  • Page 2 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2022 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: Pre-operating system management applications............4 System Setup..................................4 System BIOS................................... 5 iDRAC Settings................................24 Device Settings................................24 Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................24 Embedded system management..........................24 Boot Manager..................................24 PXE boot..................................... 25 Contents...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Pre-Operating System Management Applications

    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.

  • Page 5: System Bios

    System BIOS To view the System BIOS screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS. Table 2. System BIOS details Option Description System Information Provides information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag.
  • Page 6 Table 3. System Information details (continued) Option Description System CPLD Version Specifies the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) firmware. UEFI Compliance Version Specifies the UEFI compliance level of the system firmware. Memory Settings To view the Memory Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >...
  • Page 7 Table 4. Memory Settings details (continued) Option Description Correctable Error Logging Enables or disables correctable error logging. This option is set to Enabled by default. Dark Memory: Total Memory Available Enables or Disables dark memory feature. Dark Memory feature allows software to change memory size.
  • Page 8 MADT Core Enumeration Specifies the MADT Core Enumeration. This option is set to default in Round Robin. Linear option supports industry core enumeration whereas, Round Robin option supports Dell optimized core enumeration. UPI Prefetch Enables you to get the memory read started early on DDR bus.
  • Page 9 Enables you to configure the Dell AVX scaling technology. This option is set to 0 by default. Enter the value from 0 to 12 bins. The value that is entered decreases the Dell AVX Scaling Technology frequency when the Dell-controlled Turbo feature is enabled.
  • Page 10 Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description UCR SRAR Machine Check Exception is delivered only to the affected thread rather than broadcast to all threads in the system. The feature supports operating system recovery for cases of multiple recoverable faults that are detected close, which would otherwise result in a fatal machine check event.
  • Page 11 Enables or disables the boot mode. The option is set to Non-RAID mode by default. BIOS NVMe driver Sets the drive type to boot the NVMe driver. The available options are Dell Qualified Drives and All Drives. This option is set to Dell Qualified Drives by default.
  • Page 12 Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode. NOTE: For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to www.dell.com/ossupport. Changing boot order About this task You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive.
  • Page 13 Steps 1. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > Boot Settings > UEFI Boot Settings > UEFI Boot Sequence. 2. Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the plus (+) and minus (-) sign keys to move the device down or up in the order.
  • Page 14 Table 15. ISCSI Device1 Settings screen details (continued) Option Description Connection 2 Enables or disables the iSCSI connection. This option is set to Disable by default. Connection 1 Settings Enables you to control the configuration for the iSCSI connection. Connection 2 Settings Enables you to control the configuration for the iSCSI connection.
  • Page 15 Table 16. Integrated Devices details (continued) Option Description Embedded Video Controller Enables or disables the use of Embedded Video Controller as the primary display. When set to Enabled, the Embedded Video Controller will be the primary display even if add-in graphic cards are installed. When set to Disabled, an add-in graphics card is used as the primary display.
  • Page 16 Table 16. Integrated Devices details (continued) Option Description NOTE: The slot bifurcation supports on PCIe slot only, does not support slot type from Paddle card to Riser and Slimline connector to Riser. Serial Communication To view the Serial Communication screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >...
  • Page 17 Table 17. Serial Communication details (continued) Option Description Redirection After Boot Enables or disables the BIOS console redirection when the operating system is loaded. This option is set to Enabled by default. System Profile Settings To view the System Profile Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >...
  • Page 18 Table 18. System Profile Settings details (continued) Option Description CPU Interconnect Bus Link Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to Power Management Enabled by default. PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Enables or disables the PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management. This option is set to Management Enabled by default.
  • Page 19 Table 21. TPM 2.0 security information Option Description TPM Information TPM Security NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed. Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The TPM Security option is set to Off by default.
  • Page 20 Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description SGX QoS Enables or disables the SGX quality of service. Select Owner EPOCH input type Enables you to select Change to New random Owner EPOCHs or Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs. Each EPOCH is 64-bit. After generating new EPOCH by selecting Change to New random Owner EPOCHs, the selection reverts back to Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs.
  • Page 21 Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description SMM Security Migration Enables or disables the UEFI SMM security migration protections. It is enabled for Windows 2022 support. Secure Boot Enables Secure Boot, where the BIOS authenticates each pre-boot image by using the certificates in the Secure Boot Policy.
  • Page 22 4. In the System Password field, type your system password, and press Enter or Tab. Use the following guidelines to assign the system password: ● A password can have up to 32 characters. A message prompts you to reenter the system password. 5.
  • Page 23 Operating with setup password enabled If Setup Password is set to Enabled, type the correct setup password before modifying the system setup options. If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message: Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x>...

  • Page 24: Idrac Settings

    Dell Lifecycle Controller Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, configuration, update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications.

  • Page 25: Pxe Boot

    Launch System Setup Enables you to access System Setup. Launch Lifecycle Controller Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Dell Lifecycle Controller program. System Utilities Enables you to launch System Utilities menu such as Launch Diagnostics, BIOS update File Explorer, Reboot System.

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