Dell R515 Server Setup

The purpose of this document is to allow for personal recollection of steps used to provision the system. (Home Server) = Disk Configuration = Disks are spaced out to allow better venting and expansion in disk size.

= System Setup Configuration (BIOS) = A reset of the NVRAM will clear the system configuration. This can be done by jumping pins 1 and 3 on the rear-most jumper on the CPU-side. After a NVRAM reset, the following modifications were made:
 * 1) System Time = UTC Time Zone
 * 2) Processor Settings > DMA Virtualization = Enabled
 * 3) SATA Settings > Port E = Off
 * 4) Boot Settings > Boot Mode = UEFI
 * 5) Integrated Devices > Embedded Gb NIC1 = Enabled (not with PXE)
 * 6) Report Keyboard Errors = Do Not Report
 * 7) F1/F2 Prompt on Error = Disabled

= UEFI = During initial power-on, the USB DVD is attached to allow it to be the first attempted boot device.

= Network Configuration =