Dell XPS 16 9640 Owner's Manual page 98

Table 38. BIOS Setup options—Update, Recovery menu (continued)
Update, Recovery
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
BIOS Downgrade
Allow BIOS Downgrade
SupportAssist OS Recovery
BIOSConnect
Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold
Table 39. BIOS Setup options—System Management menu
System Management
Service Tag
Asset Tag
AC Behavior
Wake on AC
Wake on LAN
Auto On Time
Intel AMT Capability
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By default, the Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates option is enabled.
Enables or disables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions
from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
By default, the BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive option is enabled.
NOTE: BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive is not available for self-encrypting
drives (SED).
NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work
if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the
event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery
image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
Controls flashing of the computer firmware to previous revisions.
By default, the Allow BIOS Downgrade option is enabled.
Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool in the event
of certain computer errors.
By default, the SupportAssist OS Recovery option is enabled.
Enables or disables cloud Service operating system recovery if the main operating
system fails to boot with the number of failures equal to or greater than the
value specified by the Auto operating system Recovery Threshold setup option
and local Service operating system does not boot or is not installed.
By default, the BIOSConnect option is enabled.
Allows you to control the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and for Dell operating system Recovery Tool.
By default, the Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold value is set to 2.
Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
Creates a computer Asset Tag that can be used by an IT administrator to uniquely
identify a particular computer.
NOTE: Once set in BIOS, the Asset Tag cannot be changed.
Enables or disables the computer to turn on and go to boot when AC power is
supplied to the computer.
By default, the Wake on AC option is disabled.
Enables or disables the computer to turn on by a special LAN signal.
By default, the Wake on LAN option is disabled.
Enable to set the computer to turn on automatically every day or on a preselected
date and time. This option can be configured only if the Auto On Time is set to
Everyday, Weekdays, or Selected Days.
By default, the Auto On Time option is disabled.
Enables, disables or manage Intel Active Management Technology capabilities.
By default, the Restrict Preboot Access option is selected.