Dell PowerEdge 1650

System Setup

The PowerEdge 1650 features a one-page System Setup similar to the setup seen in the PowerEdge 1400 and PowerEdge 1550. Many of the features of the BIOS are carried over from these previous releases.

System Setup Keystrokes

Keystroke

Function

System Setup Main Screen

The main System Setup screen displays the current setup and configuration information and optional settings for the system. Information on the System Setup screen is organized in five boxed areas:

• Title box — The shaded box at the top of the screen lists the system name, page number, and the revision number of the BIOS.

• Configuration options — The remainder of the screen lists the options that define the installed hardware in the computer.

Fields beside the options contain settings or values; those that appear bright on the screen can be changed. Settings or values that cannot be changed (because they are determined by the system) appear less bright.

Some options have multiple fields, which may show settings or values as bright or less bright depending upon what settings or values were entered in other fields.

Main Screen

The following options or information fields appear on the main System Setup screen:

• System Time — Resets the time on the system's internal clock.
  
  
• System Date — Resets the date on the system's internal calendar.
  
  
• Diskette Drive A: — Identifies the type of diskette drive installed in the system.
  
  
• System Memory — Displays the amount of system memory. This option has no user-selectable settings.
  
  
• Video Memory — Displays the amount of video memory. This option has no user-selectable settings.
  
  
• CPU Information — Displays information related to the system bus and microprocessors. This screen has no user-selectable settings.
  
  
• Boot Sequence — Displays the Boot Sequence screen, discussed later in this section.
  
  
• Hard-Disk Drive Sequence — Displays the Hard Disk Drive Sequence screen, discussed later in this section.
  
  
• Integrated Devices — Displays the Integrated Devices screen, discussed later in this section.
  
  
• PCI IRQ Assignment — Displays a screen that allows the user to change the IRQ allocated to each of the three integrated devices on the PCI bus, as well as any installed expansion cards that require an IRQ.
  
  
• Console Redirection — Displays a screen that allows you to configure console redirection. The sub-menu allows you to turn the feature on or off, select the remote terminal type, and enable or disable redirection after booting.
  
  
• System Security — Displays a screen which allows you to configure the system password and setup password features.
• Keyboard Numlock — Determines whether the system boots with the Num Lock mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (it does not apply to 84-key keyboards).
  
  
• Report Keyboard Errors — Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST. This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting Do Not Report suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboard controller during POST. This setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the system.
  
  
• Asset Tag — Displays the user-programmable asset tag number for the system if an asset tag number has been assigned. To enter an asset tag number of up to ten characters into NVRAM, follow the procedure in "Asset Tag Utility" in the system User's Guide.
  
  

Boot Sequence Screen

The Boot Sequence screen options determine the order in which the system looks for the files that it needs to load during system startup. Available options include the diskette drive, CD drive, and hard-disk drive. You can enable or disable a device by selecting it and pressing the space bar. To change the order in which devices are searched, use the <+> and <-> keys.

Hard-Disk Drive Sequence Screen

The Hard-Disk Drive Sequence screen options determine the order in which the system searches hard-disk drives for the files that it needs to load during system startup. The choices depend on the particular hard-disk drives installed in the system. You can enable or disable a device by selecting it and pressing the space bar To change the order in which devices are searched, use the <+> and <-> keys.

Integrated Devices Screen

The following devices on the system board are configured through this screen:

• Embedded RAID Controller/SCSI Controller Both channels A and B have the same settings. The configurable options will vary, depending on whether the optional ROMB card is installed.

  With optional ROMB card installed — To turn on the RAID functionality of the optional ROMB card, select RAID Enabled. Select Off to turn off RAID functionality.
  

  Without optional ROMB card installed — To turn on the SCSI controller, select SCSI. To turn off the SCSI controller and mask the presence of the device, select Off.

• IDE CD Controller—Enables or disables the system's IDE CD drive interface.



• Diskette Controller — Enables or disables the system's diskette drive controller. With Auto (default) selected, the system turns off the controller when necessary to accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot.
  
  
• USB Controller — Enables or disables the system's USB ports. Disabling the USB ports makes system resources available for other devices.
  
  
• BIOS USB Support — Enables or disables the system's BIOS USB support. If you have a PS/2 keyboard attached to the system, selecting OFF completely disables the system's USB BIOS support. If you do not have a PS/2 keyboard attached to the system and they select OFF, the USB mouse and keyboard are functional only during the boot process. When set to ON, the USB mouse and keyboard are controlled by the BIOS until a USB device driver is loaded by the operating system.
  
• Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC — Enables or disables the system's two integrated NICs. The options are:
  
  
  • Enabled without PXE (the default)
    
    
  • Enable with PXE
    
    
  • Disabled

  PXE support allows the system to boot from the network. Changes take effect after reboot.
  
  

• NIC MAC Addresses — Displays the address of the media access control (MAC) address used by the integrated NIC. This field has no user-selectable settings.
  
  
• Mouse Controller — Enables or disables the system's mouse controller. Disabling the mouse controller allows an expansion card to use IRQ12.
  
  
• Serial Port 1 — Configure the system's integrated serial ports. These options can be set to Auto (the default) to automatically configure a port, to a particular designation, or to Off to disable the port.
  
  If the serial port to is set to Auto and an expansion card is added containing a port configured to the same designation, the system automatically remaps the integrated port to the next available port designation that shares the same IRQ setting.
  
  
• Speaker — Determines whether the integrated speaker is On (the default) or Off. A change to this option takes effect immediately (rebooting the system is not required).

System Security Screen

You can set the following security features through the System Security screen:

• Password Status — When Setup Password is set to Locked, this feature allows you to prevent the system password from being changed or disabled at system start-up.
  
  
• To lock the system password, you must first assign a setup password in the Setup Password option and then change the Password Status option to Locked. In this state, the system password cannot be changed through the System Password option and cannot be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>.
  
  
• To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup password in the Setup Password option and then change the Password Status option to Unlocked. In this state, the system password can be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter> and then changed through the System Password option.
  
  
• System Password — Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and allows you to assign and verify a new password.

• Setup Password — Allows you to restrict access to their system's System Setup program in the same way that you restrict access to the system with the system password feature.

• Chassis Intrusion — Allows you to enable the system chassis intrusion switch to detect if the system cover is removed. If this option is set to Enabled, a warning message is displayed during system startup. If the option is set to Enabled – Silent, no startup message is displayed, but the Chassis Intrusion option will change to Detected.
  
  
• Power Button Override — When Power Button Override is set to Disabled, you can use the power button to turn the system off, or shut down the system if running Microsoft^ฎ Windows^ฎ 2000 or another operating system compliant with the APCI specification. When Power Button Override is set to Enabled, you cannot use the power button to turn off the system or perform other system events.

NOTE: You can still turn a system on using the power button, even if its Power Button Override option is disabled.

Exit Screen

After you press <Esc> to exit the System Setup program, the Exit screen displays the following choices:

• Save Changes and Exit
  
  
• Discard Changes and Exit
  
  
• Return to Setup