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Chapter 5
BIOS Configuration and System Recovery
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PXE Network Boot
—This setting specifies whether or not the PXE network boot agent is
enabled. When this setting is enabled, the Intel Boot Agent is displayed in the
Boot Option
Priorities
menu, allowing you to boot from a PXE server on the local subnet. Note that the
Intel Boot Agent device names are preceded by
IBA GE Slot
in the
Boot Option Priorities
menu. The system must be restarted for this setting to take effect. The default value is
Disabled
.
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Boot Option Priorities
—These settings specify the order in which the BIOS checks for
bootable devices, including the local hard disk drive, removable devices such as USB flash
disk drives or USB CD-ROM drives, or the PXE network boot agent. The BIOS will first
attempt to boot from the device associated with
Boot Option #1
, followed by
Boot Option
#2
, and
Boot Option #3
. If multiple boot devices are not present, the BIOS setup utility will
not display all of these configuration options. To select a boot device, press <Enter> on the
desired configuration option and select a boot device from the resulting menu. You can also
disable certain boot devices by selecting
Disabled
.
Note
Only one device of a given type will be shown in this list. If more than
one device of the same type exists, use the
Device BBS Priorities
submenus to
re-order the priority of devices of the same type.
Boot Settings Configuration Submenu
•
Setup Prompt Timeout
—This setting specifies the amount of time the system waits for a
BIOS Setup menu keypress (the <Delete> key) in units of a second. The default value is
1
for a delay of 1 seconds.
•
Bootup NumLock State
—This setting specifies the power-on state of the keyboard
NumLock setting. The default value is
On
.
Device BBS Priority Submenus
The following submenus will be displayed if one or more bootable devices of the corresponding
type is present:
•
Hard Drive BBS Priorities
—Use this setting to access the
Hard Drive BBS Priorities
submenu to re-order or disable bootable hard drive devices. Refer to the
section for more information.
•
CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities
—Use this setting to access the
CD/DVD ROM
Drive BBS Priorities
submenu to re-order or disable bootable CD/DVD ROM drive
devices. Refer to the
CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Submenu
section for more
information.
•
Floppy Drive BBS Priorities
—Use this setting to access the
Floppy Drive BBS Priorities
submenu to re-order or disable bootable floppy drive devices. Refer to the
section for more information.
•
Network Device BBS Priorities
—Use this setting to access the
Network Device BBS
Priorities
submenu to re-order or disable bootable network devices. Refer to the
section for more information.
