Dell P29E Owner's Manual page 36

Option
Parallel Port
Serial Port
SATA Operation
Drives
SMART Reporting
USB/Thunderbolt Configuration
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Description
• Enabled w/PXE (Default Setting)
Allows you to define and set how the parallel port
on the docking station operates. You can set the
parallel port to:
• Disabled
• AT (Default Setting)
• PS2
• ECP
Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You
can set the serial port to:
• Disabled
• COM1 (Default Setting)
• COM2
• COM3
• COM4
NOTE: The operating system may allocate
resources even if the setting is disabled.
Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard-
drive controller. The options are:
• Disabled
• AHCI
• RAID On (Default Setting)
NOTE: SATA is configured to support RAID
mode.
Allows you to enable or disable various drives on
board. The options are:
• SATA-0
• SATA-1
• SATA-3
• SATA-4
• M.2 PCIe SSD-0
• M.2 PCIe SSD-1
Default Setting: The highlighted devices are
enabled.
This field controls if the hard drive errors for the
integrated drives are reported during system
startup. This technology is part of the SMART
(Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology) specification. This option is disabled by
default.
• Enable SMART Reporting
Allows you to define the USB configuration. The
options are:
• Enable USB Boot Support
• Enable External USB Port
• Enable Thunderbolt Port