Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Precision 3930 Rack Setup and Specifications
- Contents
- Set up your computer
- Chassis overview
- System Information
- System setup
- BIOS overview
- Boot menu
- Navigation keys
- Boot sequence
- System setup options
- General options
- System information
- Video screen options
- Security
- Secure boot options
- Intel software guard extensions options
- Performance
- Power management
- Thermal configuration
- Post behavior
- Manageability
- Virtualization support
- Maintenance
- System logs
- Advanced configuration
- Updating the BIOS in Windows
- Updating BIOS on systems with BitLocker enabled
- Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive
- Updating the Dell BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu environments
- Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
- System and setup password
- Getting help
Table 18. General (continued)
Option Description
Boot Sequence Allows you to specify the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system
from the devices specified in this list.
Advanced Boot Options Allows you to select the Enable Legacy Option ROMs option, when in UEFI boot mode. By
default, this option is selected.
● Enable Legacy Option ROMs
● Enable Attempt Legacy Boot
● Default— None Selected
UEFI Boot Path Security This option controls if the system will prompt the user to enter the Admin password when
booting a UEFI boot path from the F12 Boot Menu.
● Always, Except Internal HDD—Default
● Always
● Never
Date/Time Allows you to set the date and time settings. Changes to the system date and time take
effect immediately.
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System information
Table 19. System Configuration
Option Description
Integrated NIC Allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. The option ‘Enable UEFI Network Stack’ is
not selected by default. The options are:
● Disabled
● Enabled
● Enabled w/PXE (default)
Integrated NIC2 Allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. The option ‘Enable UEFI Network Stack’ is
not selected by default. The options are:
● Disabled
● Enabled (default)
● Enabled w/PXE
UEFI Network Stack Allows pre-OS and early OS networking features to use any enabled NICs. This may be used
without PXE turned on.
● Enable UEFI Network Stack
● Default - (Disabled)
Serial Port Determines how the built-in serial port operates.
Choose any one option:
● Disabled
● COM1 (selected by default)
● COM2
● COM3
● COM4
SATA Operation Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
● Disabled = The SATA controllers are hidden
● AHCI = SATA is configured for AHCI mode
● RAID ON = SATA is configured to support RAID mode (selected by default)
Drives Allows you to enable or disable the various drives onboard:
● SATA-0 (enabled by default)
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