Table 46. System Setup options—Passwords menu(continued)
Passwords
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in
View Advanced Setup options.
Table 47. System Setup options—Update, Recovery menu
Update, Recovery
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables or disables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions
from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB drive.
By default, the BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive option is enabled.
NOTE: BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive is not available for self-encrypting
drives (SED).
NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work
if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the
event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery
image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in
View Advanced Setup options.
BIOS Downgrade
Allow BIOS Downgrade Allows downgrading of the system firmware to previous revisions.
By default, the Allow BIOS Downgrade option is enabled.
SupportAssist OS Recovery Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool if certain
system errors occur.
By default, the SupportAssist OS Recovery option is enabled.
BIOSConnect Enables or disables cloud service operating system recovery if the main operating
system fails to boot with the number of failures equal to or greater than the
value specified by the Auto OS Recovery Threshold setup option and local service
operating system does not boot or is not installed.
By default, the BIOSConnect option is enabled.
Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold Allows the control of the automatic boot flow for the SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and the Dell OS Recovery Tool.
By default, the Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold value is set to 2.
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in
View Advanced Setup options.
Table 48. System Setup options—System Management menu
System Management
Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
Asset Tag Creates a computer Asset Tag that an IT administrator can use to uniquely
identify a particular computer.
NOTE: Once set in the BIOS, the Asset Tag cannot be changed.
AC Behavior
Wake on AC Enables or disables the computer to turn on and go to boot when AC power is
supplied to the computer.
By default, the Wake on AC option is disabled.
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