System setup options, Main screen – Dell PowerEdge 400SC User Manual
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System Setup Options
Main Screen
When you enter the System Setup program, the main System Setup program screen appears (see
Figure 3-1. Main System Setup Program Screen
lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the main System Setup program screen.
Table 3-2. System Setup Program Options
Displays the System Setup program's help file.
NOTE:
For most of the options, any changes that you make are recorded but do not take effect until you restart the system.
NOTE:
The System Setup program defaults are listed under their respective options, where applicable.
Option
Description
System Time
Resets the time on the system's internal clock.
System Date
Resets the date on the system's internal calendar.
Drive Configuration
Displays a screen that allows you to configure all system drives including: enabling and disabling the diskette drive, configuring the
drive type and drive geometry information for primary and secondary drives, and enabling and disabling DMA transfers for the internal
IDE and SATA (when available) hard-drive interface.
Boot Sequence
Determines the order in which the system searches for boot devices during system startup. Available options can include the diskette
drive, CD drive, hard drives, and network.
Memory Information
Displays the amount of installed system memory and memory speed. This option does not have user-selectable settings.
CPU Information
Displays information related to the processor (speed, cache size, and so on), and allows you to lower the speed at which the
processor runs after system boot to accommodate speed-sensitive applications, and to enable Hyper-Threading (if supported by your
processor).
Integrated Devices
See "
Power Management
Displays a screen that allows you to configure the system's power-management features, including the suspend mode (S1 or S3),
AC power recovery, and low-power mode.
System Security
Displays a screen that allows you to configure the security features of your system, including passwords, POST hotkeys, chassis
intrusion, and Boot Integrity Services (BIS) requests. See "
System and Setup Password Features
" for more information about setting
up passwords.
Keyboard NumLock
Determines whether your system starts up with the NumLock mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (does not apply to 84-