UEFI Firmware
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UEFI Firmware
The BL51E is equipped with the UEFI-based Aptio firmware from AMI. For more user-
friendliness it has been modified by MEN.
The firmware settings can be entered using a setup menu.
4.1
Accessing the Firmware
Carry out the following steps to enter the setup menu:
»
Power up the system.
»
Wait until the following message appears on the screen:
»
Press the <Esc> or <DEL>
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key.
»
A dialog appears for entering the password, if passwords have been set.
»
Enter the user or the administrator password.
»
The setup menu appears. You can now navigate through the tabs and menus via
the keyboard.
4.2
Setup Menus
The UEFI firmware has 7 menus which can be selected via the tabs at the top of the
screen.
On the right side of the screen, you can find information regarding the functions of the
function keys and the selected menu item.
In the following, only the MEN-specific MEN menu and the most important features in
the other tabs are described. Default values are printed in bold type in the following
tables.
4.3
Setup Modes
There are two setup modes for both the user and the administrator profile. Using the
standard mode, menu items can be hidden which normally do not have to be modified.
The mode can be switched under the MEN tab.
Press <DEL> or <ESC> to enter setup
Press <F7> to enter Boot Menu
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When accessing the BL51E via a serial console only the <Esc> key can be used.
Chapter 4.3.5 Security Menu on page 79
