Dell PowerEdge 6400 - Manual (Page 74)

l Hard Disk Only
Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network
adapters in the order found.
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Device List, Ctrl –>
Selecting Device List, Ctrl
–> causes the system to attempt to boot from devices in the list shown on the Device List screen of the System
Setup program. Pressing <Ctrl> and the right-arrow key simultaneously causes the Device List screen to appear.
System Password
System Password displays the current status of your system's password security feature and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No
one can assign a new password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters.
The settings for System Password are:
l Not Enabled (the default)
l Enabled
l Disabled by Jumper (jumper removed)
Password Status
When Setup Password is set to Enabled, Password Status allows you to prevent the system password from being changed or disabled at
system start-up.
To lock the system password, you must first assign a password in Setup Password and then change Password Status to Locked. In this state,
the system password cannot be changed through System Password and cannot be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>.
To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup password in Setup Password and then change Password Status to Unlocked. In this
state, the system password can be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter> and then changed through System Password.
Setup Password
Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer's System Setup program in the same way that you restrict access to your system with
the system password feature. The settings are:
l Not Enabled (the default)
l Enabled
l Disabled by Jumper (jumper removed)
Mouse
Mouse enables or disables the system's integrated Personal System/2 (PS/2)-compatible mouse port. Disabling the mouse allows an expansion
card to use interrupt request (IRQ)12.
Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2
Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 configure the system's integrated serial ports. These options can be set to Auto (the default) to automatically
configure a port, to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1; COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off to disable the port.
If you set a serial port to Auto and add an expansion card containing a port configured to the same designation, the system automatically remaps
the integrated port to the next available port designation that shares the same IRQ setting as follows:
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COM1 (input/output [I/O] address 3F8h), which shares IRQ4 with COM3, is remapped to COM3 (I/O address 3E8h).
l COM2 (I/O address 2F8h), which shares IRQ3 with COM4, is remapped to COM4 (I/O address 2E8h).
Parallel Port
NOTE: See " Using the System Password Feature " for instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an existing
system password. See " Disabling a Forgotten Password " for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password.
NOTE: See " Using the Setup Password Feature " for instructions on assigning a setup password and using or changing an existing setup
password. See " Disabling a Forgotten Password " for instructions on disabling a forgotten setup password.
NOTE: When two COM ports share an IRQ setting, you can use either port as necessary, but you may not be able to use them both at
the same time. If the second port (COM3 or COM4) is also in use, the integrated port is turned off.