Dell EMC PowerEdge R7425 - Boot Settings

Option Description
Write Cache Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to Disabled by
de
fault.
Port n Sets the drive type of the selected device.
For
AHCI Mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
Option Description
Model Species the driv
e model of the selected device.
Drive Type Species the type o
f drive attached to the SATA port.
Capacity Species the t
otal capacity of the drive. This eld is undened for removable media
devices such as optical drives.
NVMe Settings
The NVMe settings is set to Non-RAID mode.
Viewing NVMe Settings
To view the
NVMe Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click NVMe Settings.
NVMe Settings details
NOTE: This setting is disabled by default.
The NVMe Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
NVMe Mode Enables you to set the NVMe mode. This option is set to Non RAID by default.
Boot Settings
• UEFI: The Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform rmware. The
interface consists of data tables with platform related information, also boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating
system and its loader. The following benets are available when the booting to the UEFI:
• Support for drive partitions larger than 2 TB.
• Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).
• Faster boot time.
Pre-operating system management applications 47