Dell OptiPlex 380 (Late 2009) - Manual (Page 3)

Date/Time Displays the computer date and time. Changes to the system date and time take effect immediately.
Boot
Sequence
Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified in this list.
 Onboard or USB Floppy
 Hard drive (lists the model number of the hard drive currently installed in the computer)
 Onboard or USB CD-Rom Drive
 USB Device
Drives
Diskette drive This field determines how the BIOS configures floppy drives, Operating Systems with USB support will recognize USB Floppy drives
regardless of this setting:
 Disable - All Floppy drive are disable
 Enable - All floppy drive are enable.
The "USB Controller" Setup option will affect floppy operation.
SATA Operation configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
 RAID Autodetect / AHCI = RAID if signed drives, otherwise AHCI
 RAID Autodetect / ATA= RAID if signed drives, otherwise ATA
 RAID On / ATA= SATA is configured for RAID on every boot
 Legacy = The hard drive controller is configured for legacy mode
Legacy mode provides for compatibility with some older operating systems that do not support native resources assigned to the drive
controller.
NOTE: RAID Mode is incompatible with ImageServer. Disable RAID mode to enable Image Server.
S.M.A.R.T.
Reporting
This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during startup. This technology is part of the Self Monitoring
Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) specification.
This option is disabled by default.
Drives Enables or disables the SATA or ATA drives connected to the system board.
System Configuration
Integrated NIC Enables or disables the integrated network card. You can set the integrated NIC to:
 Disable
 Enable (default)
 Enable with PXE
 Enable with ImageSever
ImageServe is incompatible with RAID mode. Please disable RAID if enabling ImageServer.
PXE is needed only if intending to boost to an operating system located on a server, not if you are booting on an OS located on a hard
drive in this computer.
USB for Flexbay
This field enable and disable the internal USB for FlexBay, you can set:
 Disable - Internal USB for FlexBay is disable
 Enable - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable
 No Boot - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable, but not bootable. (default)
USB Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
 Enable (default)
 Disable
 No boot
Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB Storage
Parallel Port Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to:
 Disable
 AT
 PS/2 (default)
 EPP
 ECP No DMA
 ECP DMA 1
 ECP DMA 3
Parallel Port Address Sets the base I/O address of the integrated parallel port.
Serial Port #1 Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:
 Disable
 Auto (default)
 COM1
 COM3
The Operating System may allocate resources even though the setting is disabled.
Serial Port #2 Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to: