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SKY-8232D Manual V02 20220411
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2.4.12 BIOS
The SKY-8232D BIOS is based on Advantech
’s APTIO BIOS and compliant to the UEFI,
SMBIOS and ACPI specifications.
The BIOS performs probing, initialization and configuration of the SKY-8232D and
initializes the OS boot process at the end of POST (Power On Self Test).
Regular BIOS output as well as the setup menu are displayed via VGA Port or serial
console. Please refer to
Section 3.2
the console connection process.
The BIOS Setup Menu is described in detail in
. BIOS Error Codes used
All BIOS configuration parameters bare stored in NVRAM, a dedicated section of the
BIOS flash chip. Parameters are no longer stored in legacy CMOS RAM by the platform
BIOS.
2.4.12.1 Password Protection
The BIOS supports an administrator password to restrict access to the BIOS setup
menu to qualified and trusted personal, only.
2.4.12.2 BIOS Defaults
The BIOS comes with a set of configuration parameters when shipped by Advantech
referred to as
“Optimized Defaults” or “factory defaults”. The user can change BIOS
settings via the setup menu either temporarily or permanently by saving the changes as
“User defaults”.
The BIOS loads the User defaults automatically if these have been defined via the
setup. If no User defaults have been defined; the BIOS will load the factory defaults.