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QSSC-S4R Server System Product Guide Using the BIOS and utilities
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Using the BIOS and utilities
Splash Logo / Diagnostic Screen
The Logo / Diagnostic Screen appear in one of two forms:
 If Quiet Boot is enabled in the BIOS setup, a logo splash screen is displayed. By default, Quiet Boot is
enabled in the BIOS setup. If the logo is displayed during POST, press <Esc> to hide the logo and display
the diagnostic screen.
 If a logo is not present in the flash ROM, or if Quiet Boot is disabled in the system configuration, the
summary and diagnostic screen is displayed.
The diagnostic screen displays the following information:
 BIOS ID.
 Platform name.
 Total memory detected (Total size of all installed DDR3 DIMMs).
 Processor information (Intel branded string, speed, and number of physical processors identified).
 Keyboards detected, if plugged in.
 Mouse devices detected, if plugged in.
BIOS Boot Popup Menu
The BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) provides a Boot pop-up menu that can be invoked by pressing the <F6> key
during POST. The BBS pop-up menu displays all available boot devices. The list order in the pop-up menu is not
the same as the boot order in BIOS setup. The pop-up menu simply lists all of the bootable devices from which
the system can be booted, and allows a manual selection of the desired boot device.
When an Administrator password is installed in the Setup, the Administrator password will be required in order to
access the Boot pop-up menu using the <F6> key. If a User password is entered, the Boot pop-up menu will not
even appear – the user will be taken directly to the Boot Manager in the Setup, where a User password allows
only booting in the order previously defined by the Administrator.
BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup utility is a text-based utility that allows the user to configure the system and view current
settings and environment information for the platform devices. The Setup utility controls the platform's built-in
devices, the boot manager, and error manager.
The BIOS Setup interface consists of a number of pages or screens. Each page contains information or links to
other pages. The advanced tab in Setup displays a list of general categories as links. These links lead to pages
containing a specific category‘s configuration.
The following sections describe the look and behavior for the platform setup.
Operation
The BIOS Setup has the following features:
 Localization - The BIOS Setup uses the Unicode standard and is capable of displaying setup forms in all
languages currently included in the Unicode standard. The Intel® Server Board BIOS is only available in
English.
 Console Redirection - The BIOS Setup is functional via console redirection over various terminal emulation
standards. This may limit some functionality for compatibility, for example, usage of colors or some keys or
key sequences or support of pointing devices.