System information
Table 25. System Conguration
Option Description
SATA Operation Allows you to congure the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
• Disabled = The SATA controllers are hidden
• AHCI = SATA is congured for AHCI mode
• RAID ON = SATA is congured to support RAID mode (selected by default)
Drives Allows you to enable or disable the various drives on-board:
• SATA-0 (enabled by default)
• M.2 PCIe SSD-0 (enabled by default)
Smart Reporting This eld controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system startup. 
The Enable Smart Reporting option is disabled by default.
USB Conguration 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.
Dell Type-C Dock Conguration
This section allows connection to the Dell WD and TB family of docks (Type-C docks) independent of 
USB and Thunderbolt Adapter conguration settings.
• Always Allow Dell Docks is enabled
Thunderbolt Adapter 
Conguration
This section allows Thunderbolt Adapter Conguration.
• Enable Thunderbolt Technology Support-is enabled by default
• Enable Thunderbolt Adapter Boot Support-is disabled
• Enable Thunderbolt Adapter Pre-boot Modules-is disabled
• Security level-No security-is disabled
• Security level-User conguration-enabled by default
• Security level-Secure connect-is disabled
• Security level- Display port only-is disabled
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 eld 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
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