Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Board S1600JP TPS BIOS Setup Interface
Setup Item
Options
Help Text
Comments
O/S Boot Watchdog
Timer
Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, the BIOS programs the
watchdog timer with the timeout
value selected. If the OS does not
complete booting before the timer
expires, the BMC resets the system
and an error is logged.
Requires OS support or Intel
®
Management Software.
This option controls whether the
system will set the BMC Watchdog
to detect an apparent hang during
OS boot. BIOS sets the timer before
starting the OS bootstrap load
procedure. If the OS Load
Watchdog Timer times out, then
presumably the OS failed to boot
properly.
If the OS does boot up successfully,
it must be aware of the OS Load
Watchdog Timer and immediately
turn it off before it expires. The OS
may turn off the timer, or more often
the timer may be repurposed as an
OS Watchdog Timer to protect
against runtime OS hangs.
Unless the OS does have timer-
aware software to support the OS
Load Watchdog Timer, the system
will be unable to boot successfully
with the OS Load Watchdog Timer
enabled. When the timer expires
without having been reset or turned
off, the system will either reset or
power off repeatedly.
O/S Boot Watchdog
Timer Policy
Power Off
Reset
If the OS boot watchdog timer is
enabled, this is the system action
taken if the watchdog timer expires.
[Reset] - System performs a reset.
[Power Off] - System powers off.
This option is grayed out and
unavailable when the O/S Boot
Watchdog Timer is disabled.
O/S Boot Watchdog
Timer Timeout
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
If the OS watchdog timer is enabled,
this is the timeout value used by the
BIOS to configure the watchdog
timer.
This option is grayed out and
unavailable when the O/S Boot
Watchdog Timer is disabled.
Plug and Play BMC
Detection
Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, the BMC is detectable by
OSs that support plug and play
loading of an IPMI driver. Do not
enable if your OS does not support
this driver.
This option controls whether the OS
Server Management Software will
be able to find the BMC and
automatically load the correct IPMI
support software for it. If your OS
does not support Plug & Play for the
BMC, you will not have the correct
IPMI driver software loaded.
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