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ABLE CONTINUED ONFIGURATION PTIONS
Option
Name Possible
Values Description Default
Config
Message Enabled
Disabled Choose whether to display or hide the message the
MBA displays indicating to the user which hot keys
to press to enter the MBA Configuration Screen, i.e.
“Press Ctrl+Alt+B to configure…”. You may want to
hide this message so users do not know how to
change MBA options, possibly making MBA function
incorrectly in your environment. When the message
is hidden, the hot keys can still be pressed to enter
the Configuration Screen. To display the message,
set this option to Enabled. To hide the message, set
this option to Disabled. Enabled
Message
Timeout 3
6
12
Forever The amount of time (in seconds) that the prompt
message is displayed and waits for user input. This
includes messages such as the Configuration
Message, the Local and Network Boot Messages,
and the Boot Failure Prompt.
The Forever setting only applies to the Local and
Network Boot Messages. If Forever is selected, the
other messages default to 3 seconds. This setting
takes affect the next time the PC is booted. 3
Boot Failure
Prompt Wait for
Timeout
Wait for
Key If a network boot cannot be completed, choose
whether MBA displays a message and then waits for
the user to press a key before continuing or waits
for 3 seconds before continuing. MBA continues by
following the behavior specified by the Boot Failure
option. Wait for
Timeout
Boot Failure Next BBS
Device
Reboot If a network boot cannot be completed, choose
whether MBA will reboot the PC or allow the PC to
boot from the next boot device. On a PC with a
BBS-compliant BIOS, the next boot device is the
next device in the boot order list. On a PC that does
not have a BBS-compliant BIOS, the next boot
device is normally the hard disk. Next BBS
Device
Booting
Messages (User
Defined) Choose the message text and hot key that is used
to instruct the user how to boot locally when the
Default Boot is set to Network, and how to boot
from the network when the Default Boot is set to
Local. Not available with BIOS-integrated MBA. “Press H to
boot from
Hard Disk”
“Press N to
boot from
Network”