Displays the version of the BIOS used in the system.
Displays the date when the version of the BIOS used in the system was built.
No Description.
Displays the total size of memory available in the system.
To access iSCSI targets, host uses iSCSI initiators. The initiators transport SCSI requests and responses, encapsulated into the iSCSI protocol, between the host and the iSCSI target.
The worldwide unique name of iSCSI Initiator. Only IQN format is accepted. Range is from 4 to 223. // AMI PORTING: Changing help text
When this submenu is selected and the RAID devices are detected, the BIOS screen displays the following items: Intel® VROC with VMD Technology 5.4.0.1039.
Feature to support security device.
Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available.
The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) provides an open standard that operating systems can use to discover and configure computer hardware components, to perform power management by (for example) putting unused components to sleep, and to perform status monitoring.
Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration.
Hibernation (or suspend to disk) is powering down a computer while retaining its state. Upon hibernation, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage. Upon resumption, the computer is exactly as it was before entering hibernation.
Enables or Disables System ability to Hibernate (OS/S4 Sleep State). This option may not be effective with some operating systems.
When enabled (locked), this option prevents the operating system from modifying assignments for legacy resources.
Enables or Disables Lock of Legacy Resources.
Fan Control Mode.
No Description.
Valid Offset 0-30. Maximum Thermal marign value. Fan duty is set to max.
Valid Offset 40-80. Minimum thermal marign value. Fan duty is set to min.
Valid Offset 60-100. Fan Duty Maximum Vlaue.
Valid Offset 0-50. Fan Duty Minimum Value.
Select Enabled to enable COM Port 1 for Console Redirection, which will allow a client machine to be connected to a host machine at a remote site for networking. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Console Redirection Enable or Disable.
Use this feature to select the target terminal emulation type for Console Redirection. Select VT100 to use the ASCII Character set. Select VT100+ to add color and function key support. Select ANSI to use the Extended ASCII Character Set. Select VT-UTF8 to use UTF8 encoding to map Unicode characters into one or more bytes. The options are ANSI, VT100, VT100+, and VT-UTF8.
Emulation: ANSI: Extended ASCII char set. VT100: ASCII char set. VT100+: Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. VT-UTF8: Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes.
Use this feature to set the transmission speed for a serial port used in Console Redirection. Make sure that the same speed is used in the host computer and the client computer. A lower transmission speed may be required for long and busy lines. The options are 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200 (bits per second).
Selects serial port transmission speed. The speed must be matched on the other side. Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds.
Use this feature to set the data transmission size for Console Redirection. The options are 7 (Bits) and 8 (Bits).
A parity bit can be sent along with regular data bits to detect data transmission errors. Select Even if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits is even. Select Odd if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits is odd. Select None if you do not want to send a parity bit with your data bits in transmission. Select Mark to add a mark as a parity bit to be sent along with the data bits. Select Space to add a Space as a parity bit to be sent with your data bits. The options are None, Even, Odd, Mark and Space.
A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. Even: parity bit is 0 if the num of 1's in the data bits is even. Odd: parity bit is 0 if num of 1's in the data bits is odd. Mark: parity bit is always 1. Space: Parity bit is always 0. Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection. They can be used as an additional data bit.
A stop bit indicates the end of a serial data packet. Select 1 Stop Bit for standard serial data communication. Select 2 Stop Bits if slower devices are used. The options are 1 and 2.
Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning). The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit.
Use this feature to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data loss caused by buffer overflow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop sending data when the receiving buffer is full. Send a "Start" signal to start sending data when the receiving buffer is empty. The options are None and Hardware RTS/CTS.
Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a 'stop' signal can be sent to stop the data flow.
Once the buffers are empty, a 'start' signal can be sent to re-start the flow.
Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals.
Select Enabled to enable VT-UTF8 Combination Key support for ANSI/VT100 terminals. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Enable VT-UTF8 Combination Key Support for ANSI/VT100 terminals.
Select Enabled to capture the data displayed on a terminal and send it as text messages to a remote server.
With this mode enaled only text will be sent. This is to capture Terminal data.
Select Enabled for extended-terminal resolution support.
Enables or disables extended terminal resolution.
Use this feature to select the number of rows and columns used in Console Redirection for legacy OS support.
Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM.
This feature selects Function Keys and KeyPad settings for Putty, which is a terminal emulator designed for the Windows OS.
Select FunctionKey and KeyPad on Putty.
Use this feature to enable or disable legacy Console Redirection after BIOS POST. When the option-Bootloader is selected, legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting the OS. When the option-Always Enable is selected, legacy Console Redirection remains enabled upon OS bootup.
When Bootloader is selected, then Legacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS. When Always Enable is selected, then Legacy Console Redirection is enabled for legacy OS. Default setting for this option is set to Always Enable.
Decode a PCI device that supports 64-bit in the space above 4G Address. When enabled, PCI/PCIe* Memory Mapped I/O for devices capable of 64bit addressing is allocated to address space above 4GB, in order to allow larger allocations and avoid impacting address space below 4G.
Enables or Disables 64bit capable Devices to be Decoded in Above 4G Address Space (Only if System Supports 64 bit PCI Decoding).
The single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) interface is an extension to the PCI Express (PCIe) specification. SR-IOV allows a device, such as a network adapter, to separate access to its resources among various PCIe hardware functions.
If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support.
Enable/Disable UEFI Network Stack.
Enable Ipv4 PXE boot support. If this feature is disabled, it will not create the Ipv4 PXE boot option.
Enable Ipv4 HTTP boot support. If this feature is disabled, it will not create the Ipv4 HTTP boot option.
Enable Ipv6 PXE boot support. If this feature is disabled, it will not create the Ipv6 PXE boot option.
Enable Ipv6 HTTP boot support. If this feature is disabled, it will not create the Ipv6 HTTP boot option.
Use this feature to select the wait time to press the ESC key to abort the PXE boot.
Wait time to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot.
Use this feature to select the wait time in seconds for the BIOS ROM to detect the LAN media (Internet connection or LAN port).
Number of times presence of media will be checked.
Enable/Disable CSM Support.
- UPON REQUEST: GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services.
- ALWAYS: do not allow disabling GA20; this option is useful when any RT code is executed above 1MB.
Use this feature to set the display mode for the Option ROM. Select Keep Current to use the current AddOn ROM display setting. Select Force BIOS to use the Option ROM display mode set by the system BIOS. The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current.
Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When this item is set to Immediate, the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will "capture" Interrupt 19 at bootup immediately and allow the drives that are attached to these host adaptors to function as bootable disks. If this item is set to Postponed, the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will not capture Interrupt 19 immediately and allow the drives attached to these adaptors to function as bootable devices at bootup.
BIOS reaction on INT19 trapping by Option ROM:
IMMEDIATE - execute the trap right away;
POSTPONED - execute the trap during legacy boot
Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy for Network, Storage, Video and other PCIe devices.
This option controls Legacy/UEFI ROMs priority.
Support onboard legacy USB devices.
- Auto: disable legacy support if there are no legacy USB devices present.
- Disable: all USB devices available for EFI applications only.
This is a work-around solution for operating systems that do not support XHCI (Extensible Host Controller Interface) hand-off. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by the XHCI driver.
Enable/Disable USB Mass Storage Driver Support.
The time-out value for Control, Bulk, and Interrupt transfers.
The time-out value for Control, Bulk, and Interrupt transfers.
USB mass storage device Start Unit command time-out.
Maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the Host Controller. 'Auto' uses default value: for a Root port it is 100 ms, for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor.
Configure Serial IRQ mode
- Continuous mode : the host continually generates SERIRQ frames to check for device interrupts
- Quiet mode: the SERIRQ host waits for a SERIRQ slave to generate a request by driving the device interrupt.
Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage.
- Power-On: the system power to be turned on after a power loss.
- Power-Off: the system power to remain off after a power loss.
- Last State: the system power to resume its last power state before a power loss.
Enable PCIe root port function swapping feature to dynamically assign function 0 to enabled root port.
PCIE Max Read Request Size Selection.
Enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by PCH.
This will configure SATA as RAID or AHCI.
- AHCI: to configure a SATA drive specified by the user as an AHCI drive.
- RAID: to configure a SATA drive specified by the user as a RAID drive.
Enable to unlock SATA HDD password in the OS.
Enabled if LED/SGPIO hardware is attached.
If Enabled, the SATA AHCI controller manages the power use of the SATA link. The controller will put the link in a low power mode during an extended period of I/O inactivity, and will return the link to an active state when I/O activity resumes.
Support Hot-plugging for the device installed on a selected SATA port which will allow the user to replace the device installed in the slot without shutting down the system.
Configures port as External SATA (eSATA).
Controls reporting if this port has an Mechanical Presence Switch.
If enabled for any of ports Staggerred Spin Up will be performed and only the drives witch have this option enabled will spin up at boot. Otherwise all drives spin up at boot.
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the SATA device installed on the SATA port specified by the user to start a COMRESET initialization.
Identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive.
Specify if the device installed on the SATA port selected by the user should be connected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive.
Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2.
Precondition work on USB host controller and root ports for faster enumeration.
Use by validation, not for end-user.
Selectively Enable/Disable each of the USB Physical Connector (physical port). Once a connector is disabled, any USB devices plug into the connector will not be detected by BIOS or OS.
Enabled XHCI Idle L1. Disabled to workaround USB3 hot plug will fail after 1 hot plug removal. Please put the system to G3 for the new settings to take effect.
Enable/Disable USB XHCI MSI Disable WA. ENABLE = hides MSI capability on XHCI.
Enables/Disables support for XHCI Over Current Pin Mapping.
Enables/Disables support for XHCI Wake on USB on connect/disconnect.
Enable to work around WS2K12 KDUSB 64-bit BAR issue.
Enable or disable onboard video controller.
When disabled, the system requires an add-in video card for the video to be seen. When there is no add-in video card installed, Onboard Video is set to Enabled and grayed out so it cannot be changed.
If there is an add-in video card installed in a PCIe slot connected to CPU Socket 1, and the Legacy VGA Socket option is set to CPU Socket 1, then this Onboard Video option is available to be set and default as Disabled.
If there is an add-in video card installed on a PCIe slot connected to CPU Socket 2, and the Legacy VGA Socket option is set to CPU Socket 2, this option is grayed out and unavailable, with a value set to Disabled. This is because the Onboard Video is connected to CPU Socket.
Use Intel Hyper-Threading Technology to enhance CPU performance.
This should be enabled in order to boot legacy OSes that cannot support CPUs with extended CPUID functions.
The max CPUID value limit on-off settings. When the legacy OS boot does not support CPUID function, enable this option.
Execute Disable Bit support which will allow the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot. So it can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks.
When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.
Support to enhance system security and data integrity.
Notice> If the option for this item (TXT Support) is set to Enabled, be sure to disable EV DFX (Device Function On-Hide) support for the system to work properly.
Intel(R) Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions.
Safe mode extension on-off settings.
Lock or Unlock chipset.
If this feature is set to Enable, the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and instructions from the main memory to the Level 2 (L2) cache to improve CPU performance. The options are Disable and Enable.
Hardware Prefetcher is a MLC Streamer Prefetcher (MSR 1A4h Bit[0])
Select Enable for the CPU to prefetch both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised. Select Disable for the CPU to prefetch both cache lines for 64 bytes.
Adjacent Cache Prefetcher is a MLC Spatial Prefetcher (MSR 1A4h Bit[1])
If this feature is set to Enable, the DCU (Data Cache Unit) streamer prefetcher will prefetch data streams from the cache memory to the DCU (Data Cache Unit) to speed up data accessing and processing for CPU performance enhancement.
DCU streamer prefetcher is an L1 data cache prefetcher (MSR 1A4h [2]).
If this feature is set to Enable, the IP prefetcher in the DCU (Data Cache Unit) will prefetch IP addresses to improve network connectivity and system performance.
DCU IP prefetcher is an L1 data cache prefetcher (MSR 1A4h [3]).
If this feature is set to Enable, LLC (hardware cache) prefetching on all threads will be supported.
MSR 31h Bit[0] - A write of 1 selects the DCU mode as 16KB 4-way with ECC.
Based on the Intel Hyper-Threading technology, each logical processor (thread) is assigned 256 APIC IDs (APIDs) in 8-bit bandwidth. When this feature is set to Enable, the APIC ID will be expanded from 8 bits to 16 bits to provide 512 APIDs to each thread to enhance CPU performance. The options are Disable and Enable.
Select Enable to use the Intel Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) New Instructions (NI) to ensure data security.
This feature determines the lowest MMCFG (Memory-Mapped Configuration) base assigned to PCI devices.
Select MMCFG Size.
Use this feature to select the base memory size according to memory-address mapping for the IO hub. The base memory size must be between 4032G to 4078G.
Use this feature to select the high memory size according to memory-address mapping for the IO hub.
Total mmioh space can be up to 32xgranularity. Per stack mmioh resource assignments are multiples of the granularity where 1 unit per stack is the default allocation.
Select Enable to enable Isochronous support to meet QoS (Quality of Service) requirements. This feature is especially important for Virtualization Technology.
Select Enabled to enable NUMA(Non-Uniform Memory Access) support to enhance system performance.
SNC(Sub-NUMA Cluster) is an upgraded version of COD(cluster-on-die) which allows the creation of two loacalized domains with every memory controller. This feature causes executing code to encounter lower LLC and memory latency within its domain compared to accesses outside of the domain.
Allows for selecting the Intel(R) UltraPath Interconnect Frequency.
Recommended to leave in [Auto Max] so that the BIOS can select the highest common Intel(R) UltraPath Interconnect frequency.
Lowering the Intel UPI frequency may improve performance per watt for some processing loads and on certain benchmarks. Auto Max gives the maximum Intel UPI performance available. This setting appears on multi-socket boards only.
When a multi-socket board has only one processor installed, this setting is grayed out with the previous value remaining displayed.
Changes in Intel UPI link frequency do not take effect until the system reboots, so changes do not immediately affect the Intel UPI Link Frequency display. Changing Intel UPI link frequency does not affect the Intel UPI link speed.
"Secure Network Communications" (SNC), Supports full SNC (2-cluster) interleave and 1-way IMC interleave. Select Auto for 1-cluster or 2-cluster support depending on the satuts of IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) Interleaving.
Support XPT Prefetching to enhance system performance.
Support KTI Prefetching to enhance system performance.
- Enable: Set the suppress_mem_rd_prefetch_rdcur,
- Disable: Reset it,
- Auto: Auto decides based on Si Compatibility.
Remove the contents and the structures of the files that are no longer needed in the remote host server but are still in use by the local client machine from Directory A to Directory S in the NFS (Network File System) to optimize system performance.
- Enable: opportunistically fill dead lines in LLC.
- Disable: never fill dead lines in LLC.
Use this feature to set the maximum memory frequency for onboard memory modules.
Maximum Memory Frequency Selections in Mhz. Do not select Reserved.
No Description.
- Enable: Executes the Memory Reference Code multi-threaded.
- Disable: Disables this feature.
Enable to turn on checking the SPD CRC.
Selects whether 1LM or 2LM memory mode should be enabled.
Selects the 1LM memory interleave granularity.
This BIOS option controls the interleaving between the Integrated Memory Controllers (IMCs), Memory could be interleaved across sockets, memory controllers, DDR channels, Ranks. Memory is interleaved for performance and thermal distribution.
If IMC Interleaving is set to 2-way, addresses will be interleaved between the two IMCs.
If IMC Interleaving is set to 1-way, there will be no interleaving.
If IMC Interleaving is set to auto, it depends on the SNC (Sub NUMA Clustering) setting, when SNC is set to enbaled, the IMC Interleaving will be 1-way interleave, SNC is set to disabled, the IMC Interleaving will be 2-way interleave.
If SNC is disabled, IMC Interleaving should be set to 2-way. If SNC is enabled, IMC Interleaving should be set to 1-way.
Select Channel Interleaving setting.
Select Rank Interleaving setting.
Splits the 0-4GB address space between two sockets, so that both sockets get a chunk of local memory below 4GB.
This feature configures the PCI-E Bifuraction setting for a Riser Slot 1 specified by the user. Select PCIe port bifurcation for the selected slot(s) of the riser.
Choose Link Speed for this PCIe port.
Override the max link width that was set by bifurcation.
De-Emphais control (LNKCON2[6]) for this PCIe port.
Configure port clocking via LNKCON[6]. This refers to this components and the down stream component.
Set Maxpayload size to 256B if possible.
Set to D0 for normal operation, D3Hot to be in low-power state.
This option enables / disables the ASPM (L1) support for the downstream devices.
The length of time this port requires to complete transition from L0s to L0.
The length of time this port requires to complete transition from L1 to L0.
PCIE MSI Enable/Disable.
Enable / disable the Extended Sync Mode (D:x F:0 O:7Ch B:7) where x is 0-9.
Disable / Enable Compliance Mode for this PCIe port.
Dev 0,2,3 MISCCTRLSTS (Reg 0x188)Bit 26.
Enables forcing fatal error propogation to the IIO core error logic for this port.
Enables forcing non-fatal error propogation to the IIO core error logic for this port.
Enables forcing correctable error propogation to the IIO core error logic for this port.
When enabled, ACPI PME Interrupts are generated from this port.
When disabled, IIO never puts its transmitter in L0s state.
Controls Peer2Peer Memory Write Decoding.
Controls Peer2Peer Memory Read Decoding.
Controls timeout usage for IIO waiting on PME_TO_ACK after a PME_TURN_OFF message.
Controls the reporting of unsupported requests that IIO itself detects on requests its receives from a PCI Express/DMI port.
Enable or Disable TxEq.
Enable or Disable SRIS.
Enable or Disable ECRC (Error Capabilities and Control Register).
Enable/Disable IODC (IO Direct Cache): Generate snoops instead of memory lookups, for remote InvItoM (IIO) and/or WCiLF (cores).
Select Enable to use Intel Virtualization Technology support for Direct I/O VT-d by reporting the I/O device assignments to the VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor) through the DMAR ACPI tables. This feature offers fully-protected I/O resource sharing across Intel platforms, providing greater reliability, security and availability in networking and data-sharing.
I/O virtualization changes the way I/O resources are assigned to workloads. When I/O virtualization is enabled, the system's interrupt table is abstracted before being reported to the hypervisor. This allows more flexibility and control over the way system interrupts are allocated and dealt with at the hardware level. Interrupt remapping is often enabled by default once I/O virtualization is enabled, but you should specifically verify that the interrupt remapping feature is available and active. In some cases, interrupt remapping may be forced on, and you may have to disable this feature by disabling I/O virtualization entirely.
Select Enable for Interrupt Remapping support to enhance system performance.
DMA is primarily used to allow external devices, such as PCIe network interface cards, to access the server's memory without using a processor to move the data. When I/O is virtualized, direct memory access activity can also be virtualized, allowing VMs to directly exchange data with external devices without the intervention of a processor. The feature is typically enabled by default, but it is important for the motherboard chipset, BIOS and all external devices to fully support I/O virtualization before enabling this type of feature.
Address Translation Services (ATS) is a PCISIG specification that allows PCI-e devices to cache the IOTLB entries (used for DMA remapping) of that device directly in the device itself. This helps the performance of high-end devices, since the translations can be cached at the device level and the device need not depend on the chipset IOTLB cache. This BIOS feature needs to be enabled to permit proper Intel VT-d implementation.
Enable/Disable VT_D posted interrupt. Select Enable to support VT_D Posted Interrupt which will allow external interrupts to be sent directly from a direct-assigned device to a client machine in non-root mode to improve virtualization efficiency by simplifying interrupt migration and lessening the need of physical interrupts.
Setting of Non-Isoch VT-d engine coherency support. If it is enabled, the management programs and OSs that support this feature can use Intel virtualization technology to provide non-synchronous consistency hardware functions for directed I/O operations. Even if the management program and OS are not used, you can also enable this option.
Enable/Disable Intel® Volume Management Device Technology on specific root port.
Enable/Disable Hot Plug for PCIe Root Ports xA-xD.
Setup VMD Config BAR size (in bits Min=20, Max=27), ex: 20bits=1MB, 27bits=128MB.
Set up VMD Config BAR attribute, like 64-bit or prefetchable.
Setup VMD Memory BAR1 size (in bits Min=20), ex: 20bits=1MB, 22bits=4MB, 26bits=64MB.
Set up VMD Memory BAR1 attribute, like 64-bit or prefetchable.
Setup VMD Memory BAR2 size (in bits Min=20), ex: 20bits=1MB, 22bits=4MB, 26bits=64MB.
Set up VMD Memory BAR2 attribute, like 64-bit or prefetchable.
Set specific overrides in Gen3 features.
PCIe Downstream Tx Preset.
PCIe Downstream Rx Preset Hint.
PCIe Upstream Tx Preset.
Enable Inbound configuration.
Expose IIO DFX devices and other CPU devices like PMON.
EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology) allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation.
Select the performance state that the BIOS will set before OS hand off.
CPU P-states provide a way to scale the frequency and voltage at which the processor runs so as to reduce the power consumption of the CPU.
When Energy Efficient Turbo is enabled, the CPU cores only enter the turbo frequency when the PCU detects high utilization. This option is only visible if all processors installed in the system support Intel Turbo Boost Technology. In order for this option to be available, Intel Turbo Boost Technology must be enabled.
Enable/Disable processor Turbo Mode (requires EMTTM enabled too).
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Technology allows the processor to automatically increase its frequency if it is running below power, temperature, and current specifications. In order for this option to be available, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology must be enabled.
CPU operating states(C-States) are the capability of an idle processor to turn off unused components to save power. When a processor runs in the C0 state it is working. A processor running in any other C-state is idle. Higher C-state numbers represent deeper CPU sleep states. At higher C-states, more components shut down to save power. Some components that are shut down include stopping the processor dlock and stopping interrupts. A disadvantage is that deeper sleep states have slower wake up times.
When set as "C0/C1 state", all of the cores are locked at the maxium performance and will cause a large consumption of power.
Enable/Disable interfaces to communicate with BMC
Wait For BMC response for specified time out. In PILOTII, BMC starts at the same time when BIOS starts during AC power ON. It takes around 30 seconds to initialize Host to BMC interfaces.
Enable or Disable FRB-2 timer(POST timer).
Enter value Between 3 to 6 min for FRB-2 Timer Expiration value.
Configure how the system should respond if the FRB-2 Timer expires. Not available if FRB-2 Timer is disabled.
If enabled, starts a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Management Software after the OS loads. Helps determine that the OS successfully loaded or follows the OS Boot Watchdog Timer policy.
Controls whether the system sets the BMC watchdog to detect an apparent hang during OS boot. The BIOS sets the timer before starting the OS bootstrap load procedure. If the OS boot watchdog timer times out, then presumably the OS failed to boot properly.
Configure the length of the OS Boot Watchdog Timer. Not available if OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.
If the OS watchdog timer is enabled, this is the timeout value the BIOS will use to configure the watchdog timer.
Configure how the system should respond if the OS Boot Watchdog Timer expires. Not available if OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.
If the OS watchdog timer is enabled, this is the system action taken if the watchdog timer expires. This option is grayed out and unavailable when the OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.
Select Enabled for all system event logging at bootup. Change this to enable or disable all features of System Event Logging during boot.
Select Yes, On next reset to erase all system event logs upon next system reboot. Select Yes, On every reset to erase all system event logs upon each system reboot. Select No to keep all system event logs after each system reboot.
Choose options for reactions to a full SEL. Allows the user to determine what the BIOS should do when the system event log is full. Select Erase Immediately to erase all events in the log when the system event log is full.
Disable the logging of EFI Status Codes or log only error code or only progress code or both.
Enable/Disable interfaces to communicate with BMC. This item displays the IPMI Network Link status.
Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically(by BIOS or BMC). Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase.
Use this feature to select the IP address source for this computer. If Static is selected, you will need to know the IP address of this computer and enter it to the system manually in the field. If DHCP is selected, AMI BIOS will search for a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server attached to the network and request the next available IP address for this computer.
This specifies the IPv4 address for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate IPv4 Address field for the dedicated management LAN configuration. When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be edited (when Static).
This specifies the IPv4 addressing subnet mask for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate IPv4 Subnet Mask field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
If IP Source is Static, the default value of Subnet Mask is 0.0.0.0. If cable is connected, and IP Source has been set to be Dynamic, the default value of Subnet Mask which comes from BMC should be 255.255.255.0.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
This specifies the IPv4 addressing gateway IP for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate IPv4 Gateway IP field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
This specifies the IPv4 addressing gateway IP for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate IPv4 Gateway IP field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
Enter router MAC address.
Press Enter to do Warm Reset BMC.
Set Administrator Password. Administrator password is used if Power On Password is enabled and to control change access in BIOS Setup. Length is 1-14 characters. Case sensitive alphabetic, numeric, and special characters !@#$%^*()-_+=? are allowed. This password controls change access to setup. The administrator has full access to change settings for any setup options, including setting the administrator and user passwords.
Set User Password. The user password is available only if the administrator password has been installed. This option protects setup settings as well as boot choices. The user password only allows limited access to the setup options, and no choice of boot devices.
Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0xFFFF) means indefinite waiting.
The number of seconds the BIOS will pause at the end of POST to allow the user to press the [F2] key for entering the BIOS Setup utility. Valid values are 0-65535. A value of 65535 causes the system to go to the Boot Manager menu and wait for user input for every system boot.
Select the keyboard NumLock state.
Use this feature to select the screen between displaying POST messages or the OEM logo at bootup. Select Disabled to display the POST messages. Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages.
When Boot Mode is Legacy, the BIOS only loads modules required for booting Legacy Operating Systems. When Boot Mode is UEFI, the BIOS only loads modules required for booting UEFI-aware Operating Systems.
The Hard Disk Order screen options control the order in which the BIOS attempts to boot from the hard disk drives installed in the system. This screen is only available when there is at least one hard disk device available in the system configuration and the Boot Mode option is set as Legacy. Note that a USB attached hard disk drive or a USB key device formatted as a hard disk appear in this section.