Deployment Guide

System BIOS
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Note: This option is only available on systems with
AMD processors.
Pcie Preferred
IO Bus Value
This field sets the PCI bus address that preferred IO
device resides.
Bus address ranges from [0x0:0xFF].
Note: This option is only available on systems with
AMD processors.
Enhanced
Preferred IO
• Enabled
• Disabled
When Enhanced Preferred IO is enabled the LCLK
speed for the root complex where Preferred IO is
enabled will automatically be set to 600 MHz (effective
593 MHz)
Note: This option is only available on systems with
AMD processors.
SR-IOV Global
Enable
• Enabled
• Disabled
This field enables or disables BIOS configuration of
Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. Enable
this feature if you are booting to a virtualization OS
that recognize SR-IOV devices.
RIPS
Presence
• Yes
• No
Indicate the presence state of the RIPS (Redundant
Internal Persistent Storage).
Internal SD
Card Port
• On
• Off
Enables or disables the internal SD Card port.
Internal SD
Card
Redundancy
• Disabled
• Mirror
Configures the redundancy mode of the Internal Dual
SD module (IDSDM). When set to Mirror Mode, data is
written to both SD cards. After failure of either card or
replacement of the failed card, the data of the active
card is copied to the offline card during the system
boot.
When Redundancy is set to disabled, only the primary
SD Card is visible to the OS.
Internal SD
Presence
• None
• SD Card 1 Only
• SD Card 2 Only
• Both
Indicate the presence state of the Internal Dual SD
module (IDSDM).
Internal SD
Primary Card
• SD Card 1
• SD Card 2
When Redundancy is set to Disabled, either one of the
SD cards can be selected to present itself as mass
storage device by setting it to be primary card.
By default, primary SD card is selected to be SD Card 1.
If SD Card 1 is not present, then controller will select
SD Card 2 to be primary SD card.
OS Watchdog
Timer
• Enabled
• Disabled
If your system stops responding, this watchdog timer
aids in the recovery of your OS. When this field is set to
Enabled, the OS can initialize the timer. When set to
Disabled (the default), the timer will have no effect on
the system.
Empty Slot
Unhide
• Enabled
• Disabled
If set to Enabled, root ports of all the empty slots will
be accessible to the BIOS and OS.