Specifications

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6SYSTEM BIOS
ThesystemBIOSisbasedonAMIBIOS®fromAmericanMegaTrendsandisadaptedby
RadiSys.TheBIOSsetuputilityappearanceresemblesalegacyBIOSsetup,buttheCPM
AMIBIOSfirmwareiscompatiblewithanextensiblefirmwareinterface(EFI).TheBIOS
offerspre‐EFIinitializationandapre‐initializationshell,adriverexecutionenvironment,
andbootservices.
BIOS setup menus
ThesystemBIOScontainsasetuputi lityformodifyingthesystemconfiguration.The
systemconfigurationinformationismaintainedinthebootflashdevicesandisusedby
thesystemBIOStoinitializethehardware.
Accesstothe setupmenusisavailableforonlyashorttimeduringthebootprocess.
PressingF2duringbootenablesaccesstothesetuputility.TheDeletekeyisanalternative
thatworksinsituationswhereaUSBkeyboardisconnected.
TheBIOSsetupmenusincludestandardAMIBIOSmenusandadditionalcustommenus
fromRadiSys.Alegendontherightsideofeachmenuprovidesnavigationandselection
information.
BIOS menu options
Table 21givesageneraloverviewoftheBIOSsetupmenus.
Table 21. BIOS setup menus and key options
Menu Key settings and information
Main • BIOS information
• Memory information
• Language configuration
• Date and time configuration
• Access privilege level information
Advanced • PXE boot interface configuration
• Front or rear Ethernet port selection
• PCI subsystem configuration
• Trusted computing configuration
• CPU configuration
• SATA configuration
• USB configuration
• Super I/O configuration
• Serial port console redirection
• Runtime error logging
Chipset • North bridge configuration • South bridge configuration
IPMI • POST watchdog configuration
• OS watchdog configuration
• FRU information