Dell PowerEdge R650xs EMC BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide

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    Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide Part Number: E74S Series Regulatory Type: E74S001 May 2021 Rev. A00
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    of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2021 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
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    Contents Chapter 1: Pre-operating system management applications 4 System Setup...4 System BIOS...5 iDRAC Settings utility...23 Device Settings...23 Dell Lifecycle Controller...23 Embedded system management...23 Boot Manager...24 PXE boot...24 Contents 3
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    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 for devices such as storage controllers or
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    the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag. Specifies information and options related to the installed memory. Specifies from the Device Settings menu. NOTE: Network Settings are not supported in BIOS boot mode. Integrated Devices Serial Communication System Profile
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    . Node Interleaving Enables or disables the Node interleaving option. Specifies if the NonUniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this field is set to Enabled, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If the field is set to Disabled, the system
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    Speed Enables you to govern the frequency of the communication links among the processors in the system. NOTE: The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies. The options available are Maximum data rate, 11.2 GT/s, 10.4 GT/s, and 9.6 GT/s. This option is set to Maximum data
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    to transition into a lower power idle state. This option can only be enabled if the operating system supports it. It is set to Disabled by default. NOTE: This feature is not supported if CPU Power Management is set to Maximum Performance. Enables you to reconfigure the processor Thermal Design Power
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    from 0 to 12 bins. The value entered decreases the Dell AVX Scaling Technology frequency when the Dell controlled Turbo feature is enabled. Enables or disables the broadcast to all threads in the system. The feature supports operating system recovery for cases of multiple recoverable faults detected
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    also need to change the Boot Mode setting to UEFI. Otherwise, you should set the field to Non-RAID mode. 2. No ESXi and Ubuntu OS support under RAID mode. Security Freeze Lock Write Cache Port n Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is applicable
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    available options are Dell Qualified Drives and All Drives. This option is set to Dell Qualified Drives by platform related information, boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating boot mode of the system. If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI.
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    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. The following instructions may vary if you have selected BIOS for
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    Table 12. Network Settings details Option UEFI PXE Settings PXE Device n (n = 1 to 4) PXE Device n Settings(n = 1 to 4) UEFI HTTP Settings HTTP Device n (n = 1 to 4) HTTP Device n Settings (n = 1 to 4) UEFI iSCSI Settings Description Enables you to control the configuration of the UEFI PXE device.
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    OAT) option. I/OAT is a set of DMA features designed to accelerate network traffic and lower CPU utilization. Enable only if the hardware and software support the feature. This option is set to Disabled by default. Enables or disables the use of Embedded Video Controller as the primary display. When
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    Manual bifurcation Control and is grayed out when set to Platform Default Bifurcation. NOTE: The slot bifurcation supports on PCIe slot only, does not support Communication. NOTE: The serial port is optional for the PowerEdge R650xs system. The Serial Communication option is applicable only if the
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    Table 17. Serial Communication details (continued) Option Description The options available for System with serial COM port (DB9) are On without Console Redirection, On with Console Redirection via Com1, On with Console Redirection via Com2, Off, Auto. This option is set to Auto by default.
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    (OS controlled) or when set to Autonomous (if hardware controlled is supported), the processor can operate in all available Power States to save power, to Balanced Performance by default. Monitor/Mwait Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to Enabled for all
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    Table 19. System Security details (continued) Option Description TPM Information Indicates the type of Trusted Platform Module, if present. Table 20. TPM 1.2 security information Option Description TPM Information TPM Security NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is
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    by default. PPMRR Size Sets the PPMRR size. 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
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    Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description specification. When set to Controlled, selected UEFI variables are protected in the environment and new UEFI boot entries are forced to be at the end of the current boot order. In-Band Manageability Interface When set to Disabled
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    Creating a system and setup password Prerequisites Ensure that the password jumper is enabled. The password jumper enables or disables the system password and setup password features. For more information, see the System board jumper settings section. NOTE: If the password jumper setting is disabled
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    3. On the System Security screen, ensure that Password Status is set to Unlocked. 4. In the System Password field, alter or delete the existing system password, and then press Enter or Tab. 5. In the Setup Password field, alter or delete the existing setup password, and then press Enter or Tab. If
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    information about using iDRAC, see Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at https:// www.dell.com/idracmanuals. Device Settings Device may not support the full set of features provided by the Dell Lifecycle Controller. For more information about setting up the Dell Lifecycle
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    to boot from. 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
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Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs
BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide
Part Number: E74S Series
Regulatory Type: E74S001
May 2021
Rev. A00