Dell Precision 7920 Tower Owner's Manual

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System configuration

Table 1. System Configuration The table describes the system configuration options.
Option	Description
Integrated NIC	Allows you to configure the integrated network controller. The options are: Enable UEFI Network Stack Disabled NOTE: You can use the Disabled option, only if Active Management Technology (AMT) option is disabled. Enabled Enabled w/PXE (Default)
Integrated NIC 2	Allows you to configure the integrated network controller. The options are: Enabled (Default) Enabled w/PXE NOTE:This feature is supported only on Tower 7920.
UEFI Network Stack	Allows pre-OS and early OS networking features to use any enabled NICs. Enabled UEFI Network Stack This option is set by default.
Serial Port	Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to: Disabled COM1 (Default) COM2 COM3 COM4 NOTE:The operating system may allocate resources even if the setting is disabled.
SATA Operation
7920 Tower	Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard-drive controller. The options are: Disabled AHCI RAID-On (Default) NOTE: SATA is configured to support RAID mode.
Drives
7920 Tower	SATA–0 SATA–1 SATA–2 SATA–3 SATA–4 SATA–5 SATA–6 SATA–7 SATA–8 Default Setting: All drives are enabled. NOTE:If the hard drives are connected to a RAID controller card, the hard drives will display {none} in all the fields. The hard drives can be seen in the RAID controller card BIOS.
PCIe Drives	Allows the enabling of Front PCIe attached Ports. MiniSAS PCIe SSD-0 MiniSAS PCIE SSD-1 MiniSAS PCIe SSD-2 MiniSAS PCIE SSD-3 Default Setting: All drives are enabled.
SMART Reporting	This field controls if the hard drive errors for the integrated drives are reported during system startup. This technology is part of the SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) specification. Enable SMART Reporting - This option is disabled by default.
USB Configuration	Allows you to enable or disable the internal USB configuration. The options are: Enable Boot Support Enable Front USB Ports Enable internal USB ports Enable rear USB Ports
HDD Fans	Allows you to control the HDD fans. Default Setting: depends on the system configuration
Audio	Allows you enable or disable the audio feature. Enable Audio (Default)
Memory Map IO above 4GB	Allows you enable or disable Memory Map IO above 4GB. Memory Map IO above 4GB - This option is disabled by default.
Thunderbolt	Allows you to enable or disable Thunderbolt device support capability. Enabled Disabled (Default)
Miscellaneous devices	Allows you to enable or disable various on board devices. Enable Secure Digital (SD) Card (Default On) Secure Digital (SD) Card Read Only Mode Secure Digital (SD) Card Boot
Intel VMD Technology	Allows you to enable or disable VMD on the front PCIe bays. PCIe0 PCIe1 PCIe0_CPU1 PCIe1_CPU1 Default Setting: All options are enabled. Allows you to disable VMD for the PCIe Slots. Auto (Default On) Disabled