Viewing Home screen................................................................................................................................................ 112
Setup menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 112
View menu.................................................................................................................................................................... 112
Expansion cards and expansion card risers................................................................................................................113
Expansion card installation guidelines....................................................................................................................113
Storage................................................................................................................................................................................114
Power supply units...........................................................................................................................................................115
Hot spare feature....................................................................................................................................................... 115
Trusted platform module ...............................................................................................................................................116
Chapter 6: BIOS and UEFI...........................................................................................................117
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications................................................................................... 117
System Setup.................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Viewing System Setup...............................................................................................................................................117
System Setup Main Menu........................................................................................................................................ 118
System BIOS screen.................................................................................................................................................. 118
System information screen details......................................................................................................................... 119
Memory settings screen details.............................................................................................................................. 119
Processor settings screen details..........................................................................................................................120
SATA settings screen details................................................................................................................................... 121
Boot settings screen details....................................................................................................................................123
Network settings screen details.............................................................................................................................124
Integrated devices screen details.......................................................................................................................... 125
Serial Communication screen details.....................................................................................................................127
System profile settings screen details.................................................................................................................. 127
System security settings screen details...............................................................................................................128
Miscellaneous settings screen details...................................................................................................................130
Updating the BIOS.......................................................................................................................................................... 130
Updating the BIOS in Windows.............................................................................................................................. 130
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu............................................................................................................... 131
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows.........................................................................................131
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu....................................................................................131
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting your system.................................................................................... 133
System diagnostics..........................................................................................................................................................133
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics...................................................................................................................... 133
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows..............................................................................................134
Updating the BIOS in Windows.................................................................................................................................... 134
Backup media and recovery options........................................................................................................................... 135
WiFi power cycle..............................................................................................................................................................135
Chapter 8: Getting help and contacting Dell...............................................................................136
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