Setup Menu; View Menu; Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Risers; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell Precision 7920 Owner's Manual

Setup menu

When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.
NOTE:
Option Description
Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields
iDRAC
are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view domain
addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.
Select SEL to view LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This
Set error
enables you to match an LCD message with an SEL entry.
Select Simple to view LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description.
Select the default information to be displayed on the Home screen. See View menu section for the
Set home
options and option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen.

View menu

When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.
NOTE:
Option Description
Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for iDRAC9. Addresses include DNS (Primary and Secondary),
iDRAC IP
Gateway, IP, and Subnet (IPv6 does not have Subnet).
Displays the MAC addresses for iDRAC, iSCSI, or Network devices.
MAC
Displays the name of the Host, Model, or User String for the system.
Name
Displays the Asset tag or the Service tag for the system.
Number
Displays the power output of the system in BTU/hr or Watts. The display format can be configured in the
Power
Set home submenu of the Setup menu.
Displays the temperature of the system in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The display format can be configured in
Temperature
the Set home submenu of the Setup menu.

Expansion cards and expansion card risers

An expansion card in the appliance is an add-on card that can be inserted into an expansion slot on the system board or riser
card to add enhanced functionality to the appliance through the expansion bus.
A System Event Log (SEL) event is logged if an expansion card riser is unsupported or missing. It does not prevent
NOTE:
your appliance from turning on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.

Expansion card installation guidelines

Depending on your system configuration, the following PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards are supported:
Table 23. Expansion card riser specifications
Expansion card PCIe slots on
riser the riser
Riser 1C Slot 1
Riser 1C Slot 2
Riser 1C Slot 3
Riser 2A Slot 4
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Processor Height
connection
Processor 1 Full Height
Processor 1 Full Height
Processor 1 Full Height
Processor 2 Full Height
Length Link
Full Length x16
Full Length x8
Half Length x8
Full Length x16
Slot width
x16
x16
x16
x16