Dell Inspiron 5498 Service Manual

Table 15. System setup options—Virtualization menu (continued)VirtualizationVT for Direct I/O Enables the computer to perform Virtualization Technology for Direct I/O (VT-d). VT-d is an Intel method that provides virtualization for memory map I/O.Default: ONTable 16. System setup options—Maintenance menuMaintenanceAsset TagAsset Tag Creates a system Asset Tag that can be used by an IT administrator touniquely identify a particular system. Once set in BIOS, the Asset Tag cannotbe changed.Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of the computer.BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the BootBlock portion is intact and functioning.Default: ONNOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannotwork if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot workin the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. Therecovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive (onlyfor computers shipped with hard drive).BIOS Auto-Recovery Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions.This feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled.Default: OFFStart Data Wipe CAUTION: This Secure Wipe Operation will delete information in away that it cannot be reconstructed.If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices thatare connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.Default: OFFAllow BIOS Downgrade Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.Default: ONTable 17. System setup options—System Logs menuSystem LogsPower Event LogClear POWER Event Log Selects an option to keep or clear the POWER Event log.Default: KeepBIOS Event LogClear Bios Event Log Selects an option to keep or clear the Bios Event log.Default: KeepThermal Event LogClear Thermal Event Log Selects an option to keep or clear the Thermal Event log.Default: KeepSystem setup 65