Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator

Integrated Devices

Use this window to control devices integrated on the system board.

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
SelectionViewManage
Integrated DevicesAdministrator, 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.

Integrated RAID Controller

Enables or disables the integrated RAID controller.

User Accessible USB Ports

Sets the User Accessible USB Ports. The USB keyboard and mouse devices will function in certain USB ports during the boot process, depending on the selection. After an operating system driver is loaded, the USB ports will be enabled or disabled as per the field's setting.

All Ports On Enables both front and back USB ports.
Only Back Ports On Disables front USB ports.
All Ports Off Disables both front and back USB ports.

USB 3.0 Settings

This option enables/disables the USB 3.0 support.

Enabled When it is set to Enabled, the BIOS will enable USB 3.0 ports after the Operating System boots. Choose this option only if your Operating System has native USB 3.0 drivers support, otherwise none of the USB devices will work after booting to the Operating System.
Disabled When the field is set to Disabled (default), the USB devices will always operate at USB 2.0 speed.

Internal USB Port

Enables or disables the internal USB port.

Internal SD Card Port

Enables or disables the internal SD Card Port.

Internal SD Card Redundancy

Disabled Only SD card 1 is visible to the operating system.
Mirror Data is written to both SD cards. On failure of either card and replacement of the failed card, the data of the active card is copied to the offline card during the system boot.

Internal SD Primary Card

This field selects which SD card will be a primary SD card.

Embedded NIC

Enables or disables the operating system interface of the embedded NIC controller.

NOTE: If set to Disabled (OS), the embedded NICs may still be available for shared network access by the embedded management controller. Configure this function via the NIC management utilities provided with your system.

Embedded NIC Port (n) Boot Protocol

A write-only attribute to control the Legacy Boot Protocol of the LOM port specified by the embedded NIC port number. This attribute always returns Unknown when read.

NOTE: This attribute is for system management software use and does not appear in the system BIOS setup.
Table 2. Embedded NIC Port (n) Boot Protocol
UnknownNo change to the LOM Port Legacy Boot Protocol setting
NoneAn error is returned with one of these settings that is not supported by the LOM port.
PXE
iSCSi

OS Watchdog Timer

If your system stops responding, this watchdog timer aids in the recovery of your operating system.

Disabled (default) The timer will have no effect on the system.
Enabled The operating system is allowed to initialize the timer.
NOTE: If the OS Watchdog Timer is enabled, then using the BMC Watchdog Timer, you cannot perform recover actions on the system.

I/OAT DMA Engine

Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) option. Enable this feature only if the hardware and software support I/OAT.

I/O Non-Posted Prefetch

Enables or disables the I/O non-posted prefetch. The PCIe throughput reflects the changes in this field.

Embedded Video Controller

Enables or disables the BIOS support for the Embedded Video Controller.

SR-IOV Global Enable

Enables or disables BIOS configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. This feature is disabled by default. Enable if booting to a Virtualization O/S that recognizes SR-IOV devices.

Memory Mapped I/O above 4 GB

Enables or disables support for PCIe devices that require large amounts of memory.

NOTE: This option is applicable only for 64–bit operating systems.

Slot Disablement

The Slot Disablement feature controls the configuration of PCIe cards installed in the specified slot. Only slots that are present on your system will be available for control.

NOTE: Slot 1 — Slot 10 are available but hidden if corresponding slot does not exist in the system.
For an explanation of other buttons present on Server Administrator Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.