Dell DCSM manual Raid

(Diskette drive default)

Drives

NOTE: If you insert a boot device and restart the computer, this option appears in the system setup menu. To boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device in the list.

Enables and disables the floppy drives and sets read permission for the internal floppy drive.

Diskette Drive

(Internal default)

Drives 0 through 3

(On default)

SATA Operation

(RAID

Autodetect/ATA

default)

Onboard Devices

Off — disables all floppy drives USB — enables the USB floppy drive Internal — enables the internal floppy drive

Read Only — enables the internal drive controller and allows the internal floppy drive read-only permission

NOTE: Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB floppy drives regardless of this setting.

Enables or disables an ATA or SATA device (such as hard-drive, CD drive, or DVD drive). On enables the interface so that the device can be used.

Displays the Controller type (ATA or SATA), Port number the drive is using, Drive ID number, Capacity, and whether the drive is controlled by the BIOS.

Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for RAID. You can set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/ATA or RAID On.

Integrated

NIC

(On default)

Enables or disables the integrated NIC controller. Settings are On, Off, or On w/PXE. When the On w/PXE setting is active (available only for setting up a future boot process), the computer prompts you to press <Ctrl><Alt><b>.

Pressing this key combination causes a menu to display that allows you to select a method for booting from a network server. If a boot routine is not available from the network server, the computer attempts to boot from the next device in the boot sequence list.

Integrated

Audio Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. Controller

USB for	Enables or disables internal USB for FlexBay.
Flexbay

(On default)

Video

Primary Video

(Auto default) Video Memory Size

(8 MB default)

NOTE: This USB option appears only if a FlexBay device is installed.

Specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are present on the computer. Auto enables the add-in video controller. Onboard enables the integrated video controller.

Configures the system memory allocation reserved for the integrated video controller. Settings are 1MB and 8MB.

Performance

Hyper-

Threading Determines whether the physical processor appears as one or two logical