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Table 149. BIOS settings supported in Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1 (continued)
BIOS Settings Name Description Supported
Operating
System(s)
GPS Radio
Enables or disables the internal GPS radio.
Possible values are:
Enable
Disable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
Hard Disk Acoustic Mode
Sets the Hard Disk Acoustic Mode.
Possible values are:
Bypass
Quiet
Suggested
Performance
Microsoft Windows
Hard-Disk Failover
Specifies which devices in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence
menu are attempted in the boot sequence. When set to
OFF, only the first device in the list is attempted. When set
to ON, all devices are attempted in order, as listed in the
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows
Hardware Prefetcher
Enables or disables the CPUs HW prefetcher.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
Hard Drive Free Fall Protection
Enables or disables hard drive free fall protection.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
Hardware Prefetch Training on
Software Prefetch
Prevents hardware prefetcher from considering software
prefetches when detecting strides for prefetch requests./
Hardware prefetcher considers software prefetches when
detecting strides for prefetch requests.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
HDD Protection
If setting On, the HDD Protection OPROM will be loaded. If
setting Off, the HDD Protection OPROM will be not loaded.
Possible values are:
Off
On
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
HDD0 Fan Enable
Enables or disables checking errors on the fan controller
FAN_HDD0. If the fan controller detects a valid fan, it
enables it automatically.
Possible values are:
Enable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
272 BIOS settings supported in Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1