Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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NI PXIe-8101/8102 User Manual
Accessing BIOS Setup Utility
Complete the following steps to start the BIOS setup program.
1.
Power on or reboot your NI PXIe-8101/8102 controller.
2.
When the message
<DEL> = BIOS Setup Menu
appears, press
the <Del> key. The setup program loads after a short delay.
The
Main
menu is displayed when you first enter the BIOS setup
program.
Use the following keys to navigate through the BIOS setup program:
•
Left Arrow, Right Arrow
—Use these keys to move between the
different setup menus. If you are in a submenu, these keys have no
effect, and you must press <Esc> to leave the submenu first. (To use
the arrows on the numeric keypad, you must turn off Num Lock.)
•
Up Arrow, Down Arrow
—Use these keys to move between the
options within a setup menu. (To use the arrows on the numeric
keypad, you must turn off Num Lock.)
•
<Enter>
—Use this key either to enter a submenu or display all
available settings for a highlighted configuration option.
•
<Esc>
—Use this key to return to the parent menu of a submenu.
At the top-level menus, this key serves as a shortcut to the
Exit
menu.
•
<+> and <–>
—Use these keys to cycle between all available settings
for a selected configuration option.
•
<Tab>
—Use this key to select time and date fields.
•
<F9>
—Use this key to load the optimal default values for BIOS
configuration settings. The optimal default values are the same as the
shipping configuration default values.
Main Setup Menu
The most commonly accessed and modified BIOS settings are in the
Main
setup menu. The
Main
setup menu reports the following configuration
information:
•
BIOS Version and Build Date
—These values indicate the version of
the NI PXIe-8101/8102 controller BIOS and the date on which the
BIOS was built.
•
Processor Type, Speed, and Number of Cores
—These values
indicate the type of processor used in the NI PXIe-8101/8102
controller, the speed of the processor, and the number of processor
cores.
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