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- Page 1 Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide Part Number: E43S Series Regulatory Type: E43S001 March 2022 Rev. A02...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
System Setup..................................4 Viewing System Setup..............................4 System Setup details..............................5 System BIOS................................... 5 iDRAC Settings utility..............................25 Device Settings................................25 Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................25 Embedded system management..........................25 Boot Manager..................................25 Viewing Boot Manager...............................25 Boot Manager main menu............................26 One-shot UEFI boot menu............................26 System Utilities................................ -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Pre-Operating System Management Applications
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications: ● System Setup ● Dell Lifecycle Controller ● Boot Manager ● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) System Setup By using the System Setup screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system. -
Page 5: System Setup Details
The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals. - Page 6 Option Description Network Settings Provides options to manage the UEFI network settings and boot protocols. Legacy network settings are managed from the Device Settings menu. Integrated Provides options to manage integrated device controllers and ports, specifies related features and Devices options.
- Page 7 Option Description System Service Specifies the system Service Tag. System Specifies the name of the system manufacturer. Manufacturer System Specifies the contact information of the system manufacturer. Manufacturer Contact Information System CPLD Specifies the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) firmware. Version UEFI Compliance Specifies the UEFI compliance level of the system firmware.
- Page 8 Memory Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Single Rank Spare Operating Mode Mode, Multi Rank Spare Mode, Mirror Mode, and Dell Fault Resilient Mode. This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default. NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available options based on the memory configuration of your system.
- Page 9 2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message: F2 = System Setup NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. 3.
- Page 10 NOTE: Depending on the number of installed processors, there might be up to two processor listings. Dell AVX Scaling Enables you to configure the Dell AVX scaling technology. This option is set to 0 by default. Technology Number of Cores Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor.
- Page 11 Option Description Embedded SATA Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to AHCI Mode, or RAID Mode. This option is set to AHCI Mode by default. Security Freeze Enables you to send Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This Lock option is applicable only for AHCI mode.
- Page 12 Boot Settings You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also enables you to specify the boot order. ● UEFI: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform firmware.
- Page 13 Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode. NOTE: For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to www.dell.com/ossupport. Changing boot order About this task You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key.
- Page 14 NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. 3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click Network Settings. Network Settings screen details The Network Settings screen details are explained as follows: About this task...
- Page 15 Option Description View and/or modify this device's boot TLS authentication mode. None means the HTTP server and Authentication the client will not authenticate each other for this boot. One way means the HTTP server will be Configuration authenticated by the client, while the client will not be authenticated by the server. This option is set to None by default.
- Page 16 Option Description to both the primary add-in video and the embedded video during POST and pre-boot environment. The embedded video is disabled before the operating system boots. This option is set to Enabled by default. NOTE: When there are multiple add-in graphic cards that are installed in the system, the first card discovered during PCI enumeration is selected as the primary video.
- Page 17 Serial Communication You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port. Viewing Serial Communication To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps: Steps 1. Power on, or restart your system. 2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message: F2 = System Setup NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then...
- Page 18 You can only change the rest of the options if the mode is set to Custom.This option is set to Performance Per Watt (DAPC) by default. DAPC is Dell Active Power Controller.Other options include Performance Per Watt (OS), Performance, and Workstation Performance.
- Page 19 Option Description Energy Efficient Enables you to select the Energy Efficient Policy option. Policy The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to target higher performance or better power savings. This option is set to Balanced Performance by default.
- Page 20 4. On the System BIOS screen, click System Security. System Security Settings details About this task The System Security Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description CPU AES-NI Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI).
- Page 21 Option Description Secure Boot Enables Secure Boot, where the BIOS authenticates each pre-boot image by using the certificates in the Secure Boot Policy. Secure Boot is set to Disabled by default. Secure Boot When Secure Boot policy is set to Standard, the BIOS uses the system manufacturer key and certificates Policy to authenticate pre-boot images.
- Page 22 A message prompts you to reenter the system password. 5. Reenter the system password, and click OK. 6. In the Setup Password field, type your setup password and press Enter or Tab. A message prompts you to reenter the setup password. 7.
- Page 23 If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message: Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> System Halted! Must power down. Password Invalid. Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> Maximum number of password attempts exceeded.System halted.
- Page 24 This field is available only for UEFI boot mode. You cannot set the option to Enabled if UEFI Secure Boot mode is enabled. This option is set to Disabled by default. Dell Wyse Enables or disables the Dell Wyse P25/P45 BIOS Access. This option is set to Enabled by default. P25/P45 BIOS Access Power Cycle Enables or disables the Power Cycle Request.
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Page 25: Idrac Settings Utility
Dell Lifecycle Controller Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, configuration, update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications. -
Page 26: Boot Manager Main Menu
Launch System Enables you to access System Setup. Setup Launch Lifecycle Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Dell Lifecycle Controller program. Controller System Utilities Enables you to launch System Utilities menu such as System Diagnostics and UEFI shell. One-shot UEFI boot menu One-shot UEFI boot menu enables you to select a boot device to boot from.