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- Page 1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R750xa BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide Part Number: E71S Regulatory Type: E71S001 August 2022 Rev. A07...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Pre-operating system management applications............4 System Setup..................................4 System BIOS................................... 5 iDRAC Settings................................24 Device Settings................................24 Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................25 Embedded system management..........................25 Boot Manager..................................25 PXE boot..................................... 25 Contents... -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Pre-Operating System Management Applications
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable 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. -
Page 5: System Bios
System BIOS To view the System BIOS screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS. Table 2. System BIOS details Option Description System Information Provides information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag. - Page 6 Table 3. System Information details (continued) Option Description System CPLD Version Specifies the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) firmware. UEFI Compliance Version Specifies the UEFI compliance level of the system firmware. Memory Settings To view the Memory Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >...
- Page 7 Persistent Memory details The Persistent Memory screen details can be found in the PMem User 's Guide at https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals. Processor Settings To view the Processor Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >...
- Page 8 MADT Core Enumeration Specifies the MADT Core Enumeration. This option is set to default in Round Robin. Linear option supports industry core enumeration whereas, Round Robin option supports Dell optimized core enumeration. UPI Prefetch Enables you to get the memory read started early on DDR bus.
- Page 9 Enables you to configure the Dell AVX scaling technology. This option is set to 0 by default. Enter the value from 0 to 12 bins. The value that is entered decreases the Dell AVX Scaling Technology frequency when the Dell-controlled Turbo feature is enabled.
- Page 10 Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description Number of Cores per Processor Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to All by default. NOTE: This setting restores to default when user changes System Profile or CPU Power Management setting of Profile Settings.
- Page 11 Enables or disables the boot mode. The option is set to Non-RAID mode by default. BIOS NVMe driver Sets the drive type to boot the NVMe driver. The available options are Dell Qualified Drives and All Drives. This option is set to Dell Qualified Drives by default.
- Page 12 Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode. NOTE: For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to www.dell.com/ossupport. Pre-operating system management applications...
- Page 13 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 Boot Mode. NOTE: Changing the drive boot sequence is only supported in BIOS boot mode.
- Page 14 Table 14. UEFI iSCSI Settings screen details (continued) Option Description iSCSI Device1 Enables or disables the iSCSI device. When disabled, a UEFI boot option is created for the iSCSI device automatically. This is set to Disabled by default. iSCSI Device1 Settings Enables you to control the configuration of the iSCSI device.
- Page 15 Table 16. Integrated Devices details (continued) Option Description Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 Enables or disables the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2. If set to Disabled (OS), the NIC may still be available for shared network access by the embedded management controller. Configure the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 option by using the NIC management utilities of the system.
- Page 16 Table 16. Integrated Devices details (continued) Option Description startup. If the slot is disabled, both the Option ROM and UEFI drivers are disabled. Only slots that are present on the system will be available for control. Slot n: Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot n.
- Page 17 Table 17. Serial Communication details (continued) Option Description Failsafe Baud Rate Specifies the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to determine the baud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails, and the value must not be changed. This option is set to 115200 by default.
- Page 18 Table 18. System Profile Settings details (continued) Option Description NOTE: This option can be disabled only if the C States option in the Custom mode is set to disabled. NOTE: When C States is set to Enabled in the Custom mode, changing the Monitor/ Mwait setting does not impact the system power or performance.
- Page 19 Table 20. TPM 1.2 security information (continued) Option Description TPM Firmware Indicates the firmware version of the TPM. TPM Status Specifies the TPM status. TPM Command Controls the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). When set to None, no command is sent to the TPM. When set to Activate, the TPM is enabled and activated.
- Page 20 Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description ® Memory Encryption Enables or disables the Intel Total Memory Encryption (TME) and Multi-Tenant (Intel TME-MT). When option is set to Disabled, BIOS disables both TME and MK-TME technology. When option is set to Single Key BIOS enables the TME technology. When option is set to Multiple Keys, BIOS enables the TME-MT technology, the CPU Physical Address Limit option must be disabled for selecting Multiple Keys option.
- Page 21 Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description system creates a random delay for power up. When this option is set to User Defined, the system delay time is manually to power up. User Defined Delay (60 s to 600 Sets the User Defined Delay option when the User Defined option for AC Power Recovery Delay is selected.
- Page 22 Table 22. System Security details (continued) Option Description Secure Boot Policy Summary Specifies the list of certificates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images. Secure Boot Custom Policy Configures the Secure Boot Custom Policy. To enable this option, set the Secure Boot Settings Policy to Custom option.
- Page 23 Deleting or changing system and setup password Prerequisites NOTE: You cannot delete or change an existing system or setup password if the Password Status is set to Locked. Steps 1. To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or restarting your system. 2.
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Page 24: Idrac Settings
NOTE: Accessing some of the features on the iDRAC settings needs the iDRAC Enterprise License upgrade. For more information about using iDRAC, see Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at https:// www.dell.com/idracmanuals. -
Page 25: Dell Lifecycle Controller
Dell Lifecycle Controller Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, configuration, update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications.