POST Behavior
Warnings and Errors
Selects an action on encountering a warning or error during boot.
Default: Prompt on Warnings and Errors. Stop, prompt and wait for user input when
warnings or errors are detected.
NOTE:
Errors deemed critical to the operation of the computer hardware
will always halt the computer.
Table 13. System setup options—Virtualization menu
Virtualization
Intel Virtualization Technology
Enables the computer to run a virtual machine monitor (VMM).
Default: ON.
VT for Direct I/O
Enables the computer to perform Virtualization Technology for Direct I/O (VT-d). VT-
d is an Intel method that provides virtualization for memory map I/O.
Default: ON.
Table 14. System setup options—Maintenance menu
Maintenance
Asset Tag
Creates a system Asset Tag that can be used by an IT administrator to uniquely
identify a particular system. Once set in BIOS, the Asset Tag cannot be changed.
Service Tag
Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the Boot Block
portion is intact and functioning.
Default: ON.
NOTE:
BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot
work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in
the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The
recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions. This
feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled.
Default: OFF.
Start Data Wipe
CAUTION:
This Secure Wipe Operation will delete information in a way that
it cannot be reconstructed.
If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that are
connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.
Default: OFF.
Allow BIOS Downgrade
Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON.
Table 15. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
Power Event Log
Displays Power events.
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