System Information - Dell Precision 3550 Setup And Specifications Manual

Table 37. General (continued)
Option
Date/Time
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System information

Table 38. System Configuration
Option
Integrated NIC
SATA Operation
Drives
Smart Reporting
USB Configuration
Thunderbolt Adapter
Configuration
USB PowerShare
Audio
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Description
● Always
● Never
Allows you to set the date and time settings. Changes to the system date and time take
effect immediately.
Description
Allows you to configure the on-board LAN controller.
● Disabled = The internal LAN is off and not visible to the operating system.
● Enabled = The internal LAN is enabled.
● Enabled w/PXE = The internal LAN is enabled (with PXE boot) (selected by default)
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
● Disabled = The SATA controllers are hidden
● AHCI = SATA is configured for AHCI mode
● RAID ON = SATA is configured to support RAID mode (selected by default)
Allows you to enable or disable the various drives on-board:
● SATA-2 (enabled by default)
● M.2 PCIe SSD-0 (enabled by default)
This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system
startup. The Enable Smart Reporting option is disabled by default.
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated USB controller for:
● Enable USB Boot Support
● Enable External USB Port
All the options are enabled by default.
This section allows Thunderbolt Adapter Configuration.
● Thunderbolt-is enabled by default
● Enable Thunderbolt Boot Support-is disabled
● No security-is disabled
● User configuration-enabled by default
● Secure connect-is disabled
● Display port and USB Only-is disabled
This option configures the USB PowerShare feature behavior.
● Enable USB PowerShare - disabled by default
This feature is intended to allow users to power or charge external devices, such as
phones and portable music players, using the stored system battery power through the USN
PowerShare port on the notebook, while the notebook is in a sleep state.
Allows you to enable or disable the integrated audio controller. The option Enable Audio is
selected by default.
● Enable Microphone
● Enable Internal Speaker
Both the options are selected by default.