Dell Edge Device Manager Version R15 Administrator’s Guide

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BIOS Embedded BOX PC 5000 Settings

Table 1. General settings
Parameter	Description
Device Notes	Enter the device notes such as property ownership tag.

Table 2. System Configuration
Parameter	Description
Serial Port 1 — Serial Port 4	Select the option from the drop-down list. This option determines how the built-in serial port operates. It avoids resource conflicts between devices by disabling or remapping the address of the port.
Integrated NIC	From the drop-down list, select an option to control the on-board LAN controller. The available options are: Disabled — The internal LAN is off and not visible to the OS. Force Disabled — The internal LAN is off and not visible to the OS. Enabled — The internal LAN is enabled. Enabled w/PXE — The internal LAN is enabled (with Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot).
Integrated NIC 2	From the drop-down list, select an option to control the on-board LAN controller. The available options are: Disabled — The internal LAN is off and not visible to the OS. Force Disabled — The internal LAN is off and not visible to the OS. Enabled — The internal LAN is enabled. Enabled w/PXE — The internal LAN is enabled (with Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot).
Enable UEFI Network Stack	Check box to install or make available the UEFI Networking protocols, allowing pre-OS and early OS networking features to use any enabled NICs. This may be used without switching on the PXE.
SMART Reporting	Check box to control the reporting of hard drive errors for integrated drivers during system startup.
Watchdog Timer Support	Check box to enable the Watchdog Timer feature.
Audio	Check box to enable the integrated audio controller and uncheck to completely disable audio controller, including microphone.
Microphone	Check box to enable the Microphone.
Watchdog Timer Support	Check box to enable the Watchdog Timer feature.
WLAN Region Code	Select the WLAN Region code from the drop-down list.

Table 3. USB Configuration
Parameter	Description
Top Port 1– Top Port 4	Check box. If USB Port is enabled, the devices attached to this port is enabled and available for OS and if the USB Port is disabled, the OS can not see any device attached to this port.
Bottom Port 1 — Bottom Port 2	Check box. If USB Port is enabled, the devices attached to this port is enabled and available for OS and if the USB Port is disabled, the OS can not see any device attached to this port.
CANBus/WWAN/Bluetooth/Bottom USB Port 3 and 4	Check box. If USB Port is enabled, the devices attached to this port is enabled and available for OS and if the USB Port is disabled, the OS can not see any device attached to this port.
Enable Boot Support	Check box to allow the system to boot any type of USB Mass Storage Devices (HDD, memory key, floppy). USB-aware OS always see USB Mass Storage devices irrespective of this setting, provided the port is enabled.

Table 4. Video
Parameter	Description
Video Mode	Select the video mode from the drop-down list. The platform supports video output on three of the four video connectors. Video output is always supported on Display Port1 and HDMI. This feature selects video output either on the DisplayPort2 or VGA. when DisplayPort is selected, the video output is available on DisplayPort1, DisplayPort2 and HDMI. When VGA is selected, the video output is available on DisplayPort1, HDMI and VGA. The final video output availability is also dependent on operating system support and configuration.

Table 5. Security
Parameter	Description
Admin Setup Lockout	Check box to prevent users from entering Setup when Admin password is set.
Chassis Intrusion	Chassis Intrusion is a utility that the bios can use to tell you someone has opened the case. From the drop down list, you can select any of the following options: Disable — Disable chassis intrusion feature. Enable — Report intrusions during POST. On-Silent — Enable intrusion detection but does not display any detected intrusion.
UEFI Capsule Firmware Update	Check box to control allowing the BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages by the system. Disabling this option blocks the BIOS updates from services such as Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).

Table 6. BIOS Admin Password
Parameter	Description
Enable Admin Password	Check box to enable BIOS administrator password. Successful changes to this password take effect immediately.

Table 7. Miscellaneous Devices
Parameter	Description
Enable PCI Riser Module	Check box to enable PCI Riser Module.

Table 8. Performance
Parameter	Description
Multi Core Support	Select the core support from the drop-down list. This option specifies whether the processor will have one or more cores enabled. The performance of some applications will improve with the additional cores.
Hyperthread Control	Check box to enable HyperThreading in the processor.

Table 9. Auto On
Parameter	Description
Auto On	From the drop down list, set the time of day when you would like the system to turn on automatically.

Table 10. Power Management Settings
Parameter	Description
AC Recovery	Select the Power state from the drop-down list. This option specifies the system’s behavior when AC power is restored after a AC loss.
USB Wake Support	Check box to enable the USB devices to wake the system by standby.
Wake On LAN / WLAN	From the drop down list, select an option to allow the computer to power up from the off state when triggered by a special LAN signal or from the hibernate state when triggered by a special wireless LAN signal.
Block Sleep	Check box. If enabled, it blocks the system from entering to the sleep environment. The Intel Rapid start is disabled automatically, and the OS power option is blank if it was set to sleep.

Table 11. POST Behavior
Parameter	Description
Numlock LED	Check box to turn on the Numlock LED when the system boots.
Keyboard Errors	Check box to report keyboard related errors when the system boots.
Fastboot	From the drop down list, select an option to speed up the boot process by bypassing some compatibility steps. The available options are: Minimal Thorough Auto
Extend BIOS POST Time	From the drop down list, select an option to create an additional pre-boot delay which allows the user to see POST status messages. The available options are: 0 seconds 5 seconds 10 seconds

Table 12. Maintenance
Parameter	Description
BIOS Recovery (from Hard Drive)	Select this option to enable the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.

Table 13. Wireless
Parameter	Description
Wireless Device Enable	Check box to enable the internal wireless devices.

Table 14. Reboot Schedule
Parameter	Description
Reboot Option	Some BIOS settings require system reboot. When Reboot later is selected, devices reboot when the current time matches the set time. From the drop down list, select any of the following options: Reboot immediately Reboot later Do not reboot