Dell PowerEdge 4300 User Manual

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4-10 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User’s GuideWhen this setting is selected, the Auto setting (whereby the system turns off thebuilt-in diskette drive controller as necessary) is also in effect.Selecting Off turns off the built-in diskette controller; this setting is used primarily fortroubleshooting purposes.6SHDNHUSpeaker controls the built-in speaker. The default is On. Rebooting the system isrequired for a change to take effect.3ULPDU\6&6,DQG6HFRQGDU\6&6,Primary SCSI and Secondary SCSI turn the respective SCSI controller on or off.Selecting On (the default) enables the built-in PCI SCSI controller and scans the asso-ciated read-only memory (ROM). For the system to boot from a drive attached to thebuilt-in SCSI controller, the drive must be enabled. Selecting Off causes the BIOS tomask the presence of a device.6\VWHP'DWDThe box in the bottom-right corner of the System Setup screens displays the followinginformation about the system:á The processor line displays the microprocessor type and speed.á Level 2 Cache displays the size of the integrated cache (512 kilobytes [KB]).á System Memory indicates the entire amount of installed memory detected inyour system, except for memory on Expanded Memory Specification (EMS)expansion cards. After adding memory, check System Memory to confirm thatthe new memory is installed correctly and is recognized by the system.á Video Memory displays the amount of video memory detected in your system.á Service Tag displays the system’s five-character service tag number, which wasprogrammed into NVRAM by Dell during the manufacturing process. Refer to thisnumber during technical assistance or service calls. The service tag number isalso accessed by certain Dell support software, including the diagnosticssoftware.á Asset Tag displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the systemif an asset tag number has been assigned. You can use the Asset Tag utility,which is included with your software support utilities, to enter an asset tag num-ber up to ten characters long into NVRAM. See “Asset Tag Utility” in Chapter 2for information on loading the Asset Tag utility.33255bk0.book Page 10 Tuesday, August 25, 1998 8:46 AM