Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell XC6320 Web-Scaled Hyperconverged Appliance Owner's Manual
- About the Dell XC6320
- About your system
- Accessing system features during startup
- Front panel features and indicators
- Hard drive indicator patterns
- Back panel features and indicators
- System-board assembly configurations
- LAN indicator codes
- Power and system board indicator codes
- Power Supply Unit indicator codes
- iDRAC heart beat LED
- Documentation references
- Performing initial system configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- System Setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information details
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings details
- Network Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security Settings details
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- System setup options at boot
- About Boot Manager
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Assigning a system and setup password
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Recommended tools
- Opening and closing the system
- Inside the system
- Cooling fans
- Hard drives
- SATADOM
- Power supply units
- System board assembly
- Air baffle
- Heat sinks
- Processors
- Expansion card assembly and expansion card
- Riser card
- LSI 2008 Mezzanine Card
- Mezzanine card bridge board
- System memory
- System battery
- System board
- Troubleshooting your system
- Safety first—for you and your system
- Minimum configuration to POST
- Safety first – for you and your system
- Installation-related issues
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting a serial I/O device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting PSUs
- Troubleshooting system cooling issues
- Troubleshooting a fan
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting a hard drive
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- IRQ assignment conflicts
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Intel AES-NI Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by
using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set
to Enabled by default.
System Password Sets the system password. This option is set to Enabled by default and is read-only
if the password jumper is not installed in the system.
Setup Password Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not
installed in the system.
Password Status Locks the system password. This option is set to Unlocked by default.
TPM Security
NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed.
Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The TPM Security option is
set to Off by default. You can only modify the TPM Status, TPM Activation, and Intel
TXT fields if the TPM Status field is set to either On with Pre-boot Measurements
or On without Pre-boot Measurements.
TPM Information Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option is set to No Change by
default.
TPM Status Specifies the TPM status.
TPM Command
CAUTION: Clearing the TPM results in the loss of all keys in the TPM. The
loss of TPM keys may affect booting to the operating system.
Clears all the contents of the TPM. The TPM Clear option is set to No by default.
Intel TXT Enables or disables the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) option. To enable
the Intel TXT option, virtualization technology and TPM Security must be enabled
with Pre-boot measurements. This option is set to Off by default.
Power Button Enables or disables the power button on the front of the system. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
NMI Button Enables or disables the NMI button on the front of the system. This option is set to
Disabled by default.
AC Power
Recovery
Sets how the system behaves after AC power is restored to the system. This option
is set to Last by default.
AC Power
Recovery Delay
Sets the time delay for the system to power up after AC power is restored to the
system. This option is set to Immediate by default.
User Defined
Delay (60s to
240s)
Sets the User Defined Delay option when the User Defined option for AC Power
Recovery Delay is selected.
UEFI Variable
Access
Provides varying degrees of securing UEFI variables. When set to Standard (the
default), UEFI variables are accessible in the operating system per the UEFI
specification. When set to Controlled, selected UEFI variables are protected in the
environment and new UEFI boot entries are forced to be at the end of the current
boot order.
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 disabled by default.
Secure Boot
Policy
When Secure Boot policy is set to Standard, the BIOS uses the system
manufacturer’s key and certificates to authenticate pre-boot images. When Secure
Boot policy is set to Custom, the BIOS uses the user-defined key and certificates.
Secure Boot policy is set to Standard by default.
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