Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 Reference Manual
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- Page 1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide Part Number: E45S Series Regulatory Type: E45S003 August 2022 Rev. A08...
- Page 2 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2019 - 2022 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Pre-operating system management applications............4 System Setup..................................4 System BIOS................................... 5 iDRAC Settings utility..............................22 Device Settings................................22 Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................22 Embedded system management..........................22 Boot Manager..................................23 PXE boot..................................... 23 Contents... -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Pre-Operating System Management Applications
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at www.dell.com/ poweredgemanuals. -
Page 5: System Bios
System BIOS To view the System BIOS screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS. Table 2. System BIOS details Option Description System Information Provides information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag. - Page 6 Table 3. System Information details (continued) Option Description System CPLD Version Specifies the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) firmware. UEFI Compliance Version Specifies the UEFI compliance level of the system firmware. AGESA Version Specifies the AGESA reference code version. SMU Version Specifies the SMU firmware version.
- Page 7 Table 5. Processor Settings details Option Description Logical Processor Each processor core supports up to two logical processors. If this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one logical processor per core.
- Page 8 Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description Secured Nested Paging (SNP) Enables or disables SEV-SNP, a set of additional security protections. This option is set to Disabled by default. NOTE: This option is only available for 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors. SNP Memory Coverage This option selects the operating mode of the Nested Paging (SNP) Memory and the reverse Map Table(RMP).
- Page 9 Table 5. Processor Settings details (continued) Option Description Number of Cores per CCD Specifies the number of cores per CCD. This option is set to All by default. Processor Core Speed Specifies the maximum core frequency of the processor. Processor n NOTE: Depending on the number of CPUs, there might be up to n processors listed.
- Page 10 Dell Qualified NVMe drives always use the UEFI NVMe driver built into the Dell BIOS. When this option is set to 'All Drives', the BIOS driver will also be used with any NVMe drives in the system that has not been qualified by Dell. The option is set to Dell Qualified Drives by default.
- Page 11 Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode. NOTE: For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to www.dell.com/ossupport. Changing boot order About this task You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive.
- Page 12 Steps 1. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > Boot Settings > UEFI Boot Settings > UEFI Boot Sequence. 2. Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the plus (+) and minus (-) sign keys to move the device down or up in the order.
- Page 13 Table 14. HTTP Device n Settings details (continued) Option Description Prefix Length: IPv6 Prefix Length (0-128) for this HTTP Device. Vlan Enables Vlan for HTTP device. This option is set to Enable or Disable. This option is set to Disable by default. Vlan ID Shows the Vlan ID for the HTTP device Vlan Priority...
- Page 14 Integrated Devices To view the Integrated Devices screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Integrated Devices. Table 17. Integrated Devices details Option Description User Accessible USB Ports Configures the user accessible USB ports. Selecting Only Back Ports On disables the front USB ports;...
- Page 15 Table 17. Integrated Devices details (continued) Option Description Root Complex 0x80 LCLK Frequency Sets the LCLK frequency for Bus address 0x80. NOTE: This option is only available for 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors. Root Complex 0xC0 LCLK Frequency Sets the LCLK frequency for Bus address 0xC0. NOTE: This option is only available for 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors.
- Page 16 Serial Communication To view the Serial Communication screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Serial Communication. Table 18. Serial Communication details Option Description Serial Communication Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS.
- Page 17 Table 19. System Profile Settings details (continued) Option Description NOTE: All the parameters on the system profile setting screen are available only when the System Profile option is set to Custom. CPU Power Management Sets the CPU power management. This option is set to OS DBPM by default. Other option includes Maximum Performance.
- Page 18 Table 21. TPM 1.2 security information Option Description 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.
- Page 19 Table 23. System Security details (continued) Option Description 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.
- Page 20 4. In the System Password field, type your system password, and press Enter or Tab. Use the following guidelines to assign the system password: ● A password can have up to 32 characters. A message prompts you to reenter the system password. 5.
- Page 21 Operating with setup password enabled If Setup Password is set to Enabled, type the correct setup password before modifying the system setup options. If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message: Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x>...
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Page 22: Idrac Settings Utility
Dell Lifecycle Controller Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, configuration, update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications. -
Page 23: Boot Manager
Launch System Setup Enables you to access System Setup. Launch Lifecycle Controller Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Dell Lifecycle Controller program. System Utilities Enables you to launch System Utilities menu such as Launch Diagnostics, BIOS update File Explorer, Reboot System.