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Chapter 7: BIOS
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pendency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc-
tion embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace
the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
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General WHEA Confi guration
WHEA Support
Select Enabled to enable Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support
which will provide a common infrastructure for handling hardware errors on Windows
platforms in order to reduce system crashes due to hardware errors and improve
system recovery and health monitoring. The default setting is
Enabled.
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IPMI Confi guration
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a set of network interfaces used
for system monitoring and management from a remote site. For details on IPMI,
please visit Intel's website at www.intel.com.
Status of BMC
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) manages the interface between system
management software and platform hardware. This item display the status of the
BMC micro controller.