Dell PowerVault NX400 Owner's Manual

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Menu Item DescriptionUser Accessible USBPortsAllows you enable or disable the user accessible USB ports. Selecting Only Back Ports Ondisables the front USB ports and selecting All Ports Off disables both front and back USB ports.By default, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On.Internal USB Port Allows you to enable or disable the internal USB port. By default, the Internal USB Port optionis set to On.Internal SD Card Port Enables or disables the system’s internal SD card port. By default, Internal SD Card Port optionis set to On.NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board.Internal SD CardRedundancyIf set to Mirror mode, data is written on both SD cards. If any one of the SD card fails, data iswritten to the active SD card. Data from this card is copied to the replacement SD card at thenext boot. By default, Internal SD Card Redundancy option is set to Mirror.NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board.Embedded NIC1 andNIC2Allows you to enable or disable the Operating System interface of the embedded NIC1 andNIC2 controller. By default, the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 option is set to Enabled.OS Watchdog Timer Allows you to enable or disable the OS watchdog timer. When this field is enabled, theoperating system initializes the timer and the OS watchdog timer helps in recovering theoperating system. By default, the OS Watchdog Timer option is set to Disabled.Embedded VideoControllerAllows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. By default, the embeddedvideo controller is Enabled.SR-IOV Global Enable Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. By default, the SR-IOV Global Enable option is set to Disabled.Slot Disablement Allows you to enable or disable available PCIe slots on your system. The Slot Disablementfeature controls the configuration of PCIe cards installed in the specified slot.CAUTION: Slot disablement must be used only when the installed peripheral card ispreventing booting into the Operating System or causing delays in system startup. If theslot is disabled, both the Option ROM and UEFI driver are disabled.Serial Communications ScreenMenu Item DescriptionSerial Communication Allows you to select serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in theBIOS. BIOS console redirection can also be enabled and the port address used can bespecified. By default, Serial Communication option is set to On without Console Redirection.Serial Port Address Allows you to set the port address for serial devices. By default, the Serial Port Address optionis set to Serial Device 1=COM2, Serial Device 2=COM1.NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be used for Serial Over LAN (SOL). To use consoleredirection by SOL, configure the same port address for console redirection and the serialdevice.23