System information
Table 6. System Configuration
Option Description
Integrated NIC Allows you to configure the on-board LAN controller.
● Disabled = The internal LAN is off and not visible to the operating system.
● Enabled = The internal LAN is enabled.
● Enabled w/PXE = The internal LAN is enabled (with PXE boot) (selected by default)
SATA Operation Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
● Disabled = The SATA controllers are hidden
● AHCI = SATA is configured for AHCI mode
● RAID ON = SATA is configured to support RAID mode (selected by default)
Drives Allows you to enable or disable the various drives on-board:
● SATA-2 (enabled by default)
● M.2 PCIe SSD-0 (enabled by default)
Smart Reporting This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system
startup. The Enable Smart Reporting option is disabled by default.
USB Configuration Allows you to enable or disable the integrated USB controller for:
● Enable USB Boot Support
● Enable External USB Port
All the options are enabled by default.
Thunderbolt Adapter
Configuration
This section allows Thunderbolt Adapter Configuration.
● Thunderbolt-is enabled by default
● Enable Thunderbolt Boot Support-is disabled
● No security-is disabled
● User configuration-enabled by default
● Secure connect-is disabled
● Display port and USB Only-is disabled
USB PowerShare
This option configures the USB PowerShare feature behavior.
● Enable USB PowerShare - disabled by default
This feature is intended to allow users to power or charge external devices, such as
phones and portable music players, using the stored system battery power through the USN
PowerShare port on the notebook, while the notebook is in a sleep state.
Audio Allows you to enable or disable the integrated audio controller. The option Enable Audio is
selected by default.
● Enable Microphone
● Enable Internal Speaker
Both the options are selected by default.
Keyboard Illumination
This field lets you choose the operating mode of the keyboard illumination feature. The
keyboard brightness level can be set from 0% to 100%. The options are:
● Disabled
● Dim
● Bright-enabled by default
Keyboard Backlight Timeout on
AC
The Keyboard Backlight Timeout dims out with AC option. The main keyboard illumination
feature is not affected. Keyboard Illumination will continue to support the various illumination
levels. This field has an effect when the backlight is enabled. The options are:
● 5 sec
● 10 sec-enabled by default
98 BIOS setup
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