Dell PowerEdge R720 Support Question
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Question posted by ao6lde on April 13th, 2014
How To Set Dell R720 To Boot Uefi Default
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Answer #1: Posted by MWatDell on April 13th, 2014 10:40 PM
MWatDell
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Hi ao6lde
To set PowerEdge R720 to UEFI, you will have to change it in System Setup, Boot Settings.
Please refer to this manual on Page 26:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/Common/poweredge-r720_Owner's%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Hope this helps.
MW@Dell
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Owner's Manual - Page 3
...Screen...23 System BIOS Screen...23 System Information Screen...23 Memory Settings Screen...24 Processor Settings Screen...24 SATA Settings Screen...25 Boot Settings Screen...26 Integrated Devices Screen...26 Serial Communications Screen...27 System Profile Settings Screen...28 System Security Screen...29 Miscellaneous Settings...30 System And Setup Password Features...30 Assigning A System And/Or...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
... platform configuration, using Console Redirection
To enable Console Redirection, in the Boot Mode field of the Boot Settings screen of System Setup. To view the help text for installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface. • UEFI boot mode is enabled using a graphical user interface. You must select...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...Displays options to configure the system security settings like, system password, setup password, TPM security, and so on the PowerEdge R720xd. System Information Screen
Menu Item System...modify UEFI and BIOS boot settings. This option is used to change the system date, time, and so on the system configuration.
NOTE: System Setup defaults are listed under their default settings....
Owner's Manual - Page 26
...may prevent the system from a selected device.
By default, the Boot Sequence Retry option is not installed in the same boot mode. Allows you to enable or disable UEFI Boot options.
Auto enables BIOS support for the tape drive. Boot Settings Screen
Menu Item Boot Mode
Boot Sequence Retry BIOS Boot Settings UEFI Boot Settings One-Time Boot
Description
Allows you to enable or disable...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
... be specified. By default, the External Serial Connector option is set to Serial Device1.
27
By default, Internal SD Card Redundancy option is installed on both the Option ROM and UEFI driver are disabled. ...) devices. Data from this field is set to the replacement SD card at the next boot.
When this card is written to Disabled. By default, the SR-IOV Global Enable option is...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
... Performance. DBPM is Dell Active Power Controller. By default, the Memory Frequency option is set to Enabled.
By default, the Memory Patrol Scrub option is set to Performance Per Watt...By default, the CPU Power Management option is set to System DBPM (DAPC). By default, the C States option is set to Enabled. By default, the Redirection After Boot option is set to ...
Owner's Manual - Page 29
... Intel TXT fields if the TPM Status field is set to either DOS or UEFI shell-based flash utilities. By default, the TPM Activation option is set to No Change. The loss of TPM keys may affect booting to control the reporting mode of the TPM. By default, the Intel TXT option is not installed in...
Owner's Manual - Page 30
... error messages are reported during system boot. By default, the Report Keyboard Errors field is set to Immediate. In-System Characterization This field enables or disables In-System Characterization. System password This is the password that you must enter to access and make changes to the BIOS or UEFI settings
of power up after AC...
Owner's Manual - Page 34
... → Systems Management → Dell Remote Access Controllers, at support.dell.com/manuals.
Press during the boot sequence and can function independently of the features on or restart the managed system. 2.
NOTE: Certain platform configurations may not support the full set of available UEFI boot options (marked with asterisks), select the boot option you wish to setup...
Technical Guide - Page 9
...); actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less
2Available Q2 2012
9 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide luggage-tag; switch independent partitioning
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Remote management iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)
8GB vFlash media (upgrade option), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade option)
Systems...
Technical Guide - Page 17
...boot... or set up a system password.
17 PowerEdge R720 and ...R720xd Technical Guide
It also supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality. TPM 1.2 is available for China or Russia. Security feature
TPM
Power-off security Intrusion alert Secure mode
Description
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server...
Technical Guide - Page 31
... remote re-configuration of any NIC, physical or virtual
31 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Features
Broadcom® 5720 Base-T
4...R720 and R720xd. System management integration features include the following: Pre-boot: Use the Dell Lifecycle Controller graphical user interface (GUI) to set configuration
such as bandwidth allocation or firmware revision level Post-boot...
Technical Guide - Page 32
...(8Gb) QLogic QLE2562 (8Gb)
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This is made...PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on all LOM and NDCs for ease of use Boot from SAN (iSCSI, FCoE) configuration for the R720 and R720xd.
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Technical Guide - Page 34
... help you determine the most efficient PSU for your server will use at the rack, row, and data center level for servers, power distribution units, and uninterruptible power supplies.
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Dell's servers are compliant with less energy cost and waste. Feature...
Technical Guide - Page 35
...-components-rack-infrastructure.aspx. Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for the R720 and R720xd:
495W AC
750W AC
1100W AC
1100W DC (available Q2 2012)
35 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Idle power enables Dell servers to dynamically optimize efficiency while maintaining availability and redundancy.
Find additional...
Technical Guide - Page 37
...settings: With the understanding and realization that the system were not to boot... the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals...servers, we have introduced limited user-configurable settings residing in Table 32.
Fan speeds and noise may find that the system is sufficiently quiet where the sound it emits blends into the environment.
Adherence to Dell...
Technical Guide - Page 38
...an increase in overall system acoustics.
> Utilization of power supply unit: In the system default setting, the Hot Spare Feature is running in its OS but no other specific activity.
5Stressed... the R720 and R720xd.
The system is placed in a half rack enclosure (base of more information on Dell's acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.
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Technical Guide - Page 47
...video playback
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Boot record/playback
∞...Dell systems management portfolio includes several powerful consoles, depending upon your needs, including the following:
Dell OpenManage Essentials- Because Dell PowerEdge servers have embedded server...Dell PowerEdge server. to -one systems management solution for both local and remote servers... simplify single-server monitoring with ...
Technical Guide - Page 48
... Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable in a standard package format that updates a software element on the R720 and R720xd, however, enhanced functionality is supported on a Dell server such as performance and advanced monitoring.
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Technical Guide - Page 57
... rack kits. The document provides the instructions for more information on the Dell support site.
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