Dell FX160 manual Setup Lock, Boot Sequence

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Memory Info

Indicates amount of installed memory, memory speed, channel mode, and type of memory installed.

Boot Sequence

Specifies the boot sequence for device types.

 

 

Drives

 

 

 

 

Displays the SATA drives in the system (SATA -0, NVRAM; SATA-1, hard disk drive), drive operation and SMART reporting state.

 

 

Onboard Devices

Displays the enable status of system board components.

Performance

Displays the enable status of the hyperthreading feature, CPUID value, and HDD acoustic mode.

Security

Displays the enable status of passwords controlling access to BIOS setup and hard disk drive.

Power Management

AC Recovery

Specifies how the system reacts after a power loss (Off, On, Last (previous state))

Auto Power On

Specifies when to use the Auto Power Time setting (Off, Everyday, Weekdays)

 

 

Auto Power

Specifies a time to turn the system on.

Time

 

 

 

Low Power

Allows the NIC to be disabled when the system is in hibernate mode or off.

Mode

 

Remote Wake

Allows the system to wake from suspend state. This option is dependent on the setting of other options.

Up

 

 

 

Suspend Mode

Selects the power management suspend mode.

 

 

Maintenance

 

 

 

 

Displays the service tag, ASF power management, and Event log.

 

 

ImageServer

 

 

 

 

Specifies network location for an ImageServer and enables On-demand Desktop Streaming (ODDS) settings.

 

 

POST Behavior

 

 

 

 

Specifies options for the Fast Boot, Numlock key, POST hotkeys and keyboard error reporting during startup.

 

 

 

 

Setup Lock

NOTE: The Setup Lock feature is available on the OptiPlex FX160 system only.

Setup lock (SETUP_LOCK, see System Board Connectors) is a hardware feature that interacts with the settings of the BIOS Admin Password option, the BIOS Password Changes option, and the hardware Password jumper (PSWD) to produce a specific behavior of the Setup screens. The most common settings are listed in the table below.

Admin

Password Changes

Password Jumper

Setup Lock Jumper

Setup Behavior

Password

setting

Installed

Installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

N/A

No

Yes

• User: view Setup options only

 

 

 

 

• Administrator: can modify Setup options

 

 

 

 

• Passwords cleared and cannot be set

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

Unlocked

Yes

N/A

• User: can view, and can only set/change the System and

 

 

 

 

HDD passwords

 

 

 

 

• Administrator: can modify options after entering proper

 

 

 

 

password

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

Locked

Yes

N/A

• User: view Setup options only

 

 

 

 

• Administrator: can modify options after entering proper

 

 

 

 

password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Sequence

Your computer can boot from any of the following device types:

•Removable Drives — The computer attempts to boot from an external device such as a floppy drive.

•Hard Disk Drive — The computer attempts to boot from an internal drive such as the NVRAM module (SATA-0 port) or hard disk drive (SATA-1 port).

•CD/DVD Drive — The computer attempts to boot from the CD or DVD drive. CD and DVD drives are external devices.

•USB Drive — The computer attempts to boot from a bootable USB drive. Insert the memory device into a USB port and restart the computer.

•Network Drive — The computer may receive its operating system from a network drive, such as an ImageServer.

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