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By default, PowerEdge servers have USB and other ports enabled. In this best practice USB and serial ports were disabled as both a security and performance best practice.
Category | PowerEdge |
Product | PowerEdge R740 |
Type of best practice | Performance Optimization |
Day and value | Day 3, Fine-Tuning |
Overview
It is not expected that disabling USB ports and serial communication on servers will significantly improve performance, however, it is a good security practice. In this best practice the following ports were disabled in BIOS:
Recommendation
Results from disabling unused integrated devices showed no improvement in any of these metrics:
Implementation Steps
Go to IDRAC > Configuration > BIOS settings > Integrated Devices and make the following changes:
We also turned off the Serial Communication by going to IDRAC > Configuration > BIOS settings and changing Serial Communication from Auto to Off.
Additional Resources
Setting up BIOS on 14th Generation (14G) Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers