Dell PowerEdge 350 User Manual

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User’s Guide

Clear User Password — Clears your system’s installed user password. This
option has no user configurable settings.

NOTE: This feature is displayed only after the supervisor password is set.

User Access Level Limited allows the user to only change limited fields, such
as Date and Time. No Access prevents user access to the Setup Utility. View
Only
allows user access to the Setup Utility but no fields can be changed. Full
allows the user to change any fields. Only the Supervisor password can set the
user access levels.

Boot Menu

Selecting the Boot Menu option on the menu bar allows you to set the following boot
features and the boot sequence:

Quiet Boot — Enables or disables (the default) displaying normal power-on self-
test (POST) messages.

Quick Boot — Enables or disables (the default) your system’s quick boot capabil-
ity. This capability allows your system to skip certain tests while rebooting which
decreases the time needed to boot your system.

After Power Failure — Specifies the mode of operation when power is lost:
Stays Off keeps your system off after power is restored, Power On boots the
system after power is restored, Last State (the default) restores the system to
the same state it was in before the power failed.

NOTE: To enable to BIOS to correctly set this feature, your system must be shut
down using the power switch.

On Modem Ring — Determines whether or not your system will Stay Off (the
default) or Power On when its power is off and the modem is ringing.

On LAN — Determines whether or not your system will Stay Off or Power On
(the default) when a local area network (LAN) wake up event occurs.

On PME — Determines whether or not your system will Stay Off (the default) or
Power On when its PCI Power Management Enabled wake up event occurs.

IDE Drive Configuration — Configures your system’s peripheral devices. See
the following configurable options for other IDE devices which are similar to the
Primary Master IDE options:

Primary Master IDE — Specifies the Primary Master IDE drive configura-
tion: 1st IDE (the default), 2nd IDE, 3rd IDE, or 4th IDE.

Primary Slave IDE — Specifies the Primary Slave IDE drive configuration:
1st IDE, 2nd IDE (the default), 3rd IDE, or 4th IDE.

Secondary Master IDE — Specifies the Secondary Master IDE drive con-
figuration: 1st IDE, 2nd IDE, 3rd IDE (the default), or 4th IDE.

Secondary Slave IDE — Specifies the Secondary Slave IDE drive configu-
ration: 1st IDE, 2nd IDE, 3rd IDE, or 4th IDE (the default).

1st to 8th Boot — Configures your system’s boot sequence from its available
devices: Floppy (the default), IDE-HDD, ATAPI CD-ROM, and IDE-HDD.

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