Dell PowerEdge M820 (for PE VRTX) - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 About your system................................................................................................ 7
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Front-panel features and indicators ..................................................................................................... 8
Using USB diskette or USB DVD/CD drives ..........................................................................................8
Hard-drive/SSD indicator patterns ....................................................................................................... 8
Related documentation ........................................................................................................................ 9
2 Using the system setup and boot manager....................................................11
Choosing the system boot mode ....................................................................................................... 12
Entering System Setup ........................................................................................................................ 12
Responding to error messages ..................................................................................................... 12
Using the system setup navigation keys ....................................................................................... 12
System setup options .......................................................................................................................... 13
System Setup Main screen ............................................................................................................ 13
System BIOS screen .......................................................................................................................13
System information screen ........................................................................................................... 14
Memory Settings screen ................................................................................................................14
Processor Settings screen ............................................................................................................. 15
Boot Settings screen ......................................................................................................................16
Integrated devices screen ..............................................................................................................17
Serial Communications screen ..................................................................................................... 18
System Profile Settings screen ......................................................................................................18
System Security screen ..................................................................................................................19
Miscellaneous settings .................................................................................................................. 20
System and setup password features .................................................................................................20
Assigning a system and/or setup password ..................................................................................21
Using your system password to secure your system ...................................................................21
Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup password .............................................. 22
Operating with a setup password enabled ...................................................................................22
Entering the UEFI boot manager ........................................................................................................23
Using the boot manager navigation keys .....................................................................................23
Boot Manager screen ....................................................................................................................23
UEFI Boot menu ............................................................................................................................ 24
Embedded system management ....................................................................................................... 24
iDRAC settings utility ...........................................................................................................................24
3 Installing server module components............................................................25
Recommended tools .......................................................................................................................... 25