Owners Manual
Removing system board.............................................................................................................................................83
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 89
System board components....................................................................................................................................... 90
Chapter 4: Technology and components.......................................................................................91
Memory configuration.......................................................................................................................................................91
Technologies list................................................................................................................................................................ 92
MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460-16i controller............................................................................................................... 93
Teradici PCoIP................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Chapter 5: System specifications................................................................................................99
System specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 99
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 99
Video specifications........................................................................................................................................................ 100
Audio specifications........................................................................................................................................................ 100
Network specifications...................................................................................................................................................100
Card slots.......................................................................................................................................................................... 100
Storage specifications.....................................................................................................................................................101
External connectors.........................................................................................................................................................101
Power specifications........................................................................................................................................................101
Physical specifications.................................................................................................................................................... 101
Environmental specifications........................................................................................................................................ 102
CPU utilization matrix for AEP DIMM.........................................................................................................................102
Chapter 6: System Setup........................................................................................................... 103
General options................................................................................................................................................................ 103
System configuration......................................................................................................................................................104
Video................................................................................................................................................................................... 107
Security.............................................................................................................................................................................. 107
Secure boot.......................................................................................................................................................................109
Performance...................................................................................................................................................................... 110
Power management..........................................................................................................................................................111
Post behaviour.................................................................................................................................................................. 112
Manageability.....................................................................................................................................................................113
Virtualization support...................................................................................................................................................... 113
Maintenance...................................................................................................................................................................... 113
System logs........................................................................................................................................................................114
Advanced configurations................................................................................................................................................ 114
SupportAssist system resolution.................................................................................................................................. 114
Updating the BIOS in Windows ....................................................................................................................................115
Updating BIOS on systems with BitLocker enabled...........................................................................................115
Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive.........................................................................................115
Updating the Dell BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu environments.............................................................................116
Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu..................................................................................... 116
MegaRAID controller options.........................................................................................................................................119
System and setup password......................................................................................................................................... 120
Assigning a system setup password......................................................................................................................120
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password............................................................................... 120
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