Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator

Slot Disablement

Use this window to enable or disable system slots. Only slots that are present on your system will be available for control.

NOTE: This help page may include information about features and values not supported by your system. Server Administrator only displays the features and values that are supported on your system.

User Privileges

Table 1. User Privileges
Selection View Manage
Slot Disablement Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only)
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see Privilege Levels In The Server Administrator GUI.
NOTE: Based on available hardware, dependencies may exist between the various attributes for settings. For example, setting a attribute value may change the state of the dependent attributes to non-editable or editable, as the case may be.

Slot n

This field controls the configuration of the card installed in this slot. The available options are:

Enable Enables the card during POST or to the operating system.
Disable Disables the card during POST or to the operating system.
Boot Driver Disabled The Option ROM does not run during POST, the system cannot boot from the card, and its pre-boot services are also not available. However, it is available to the OS. This option is not available if the slot contains a RAID card.
For an explanation of other buttons present on Server Administrator Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.