Appendix A
Configuring BIOS and POST
A-11
A.3
BIOS Setup Screens
TABLE A-2
contains summary descriptions of the top-level BIOS setup screens.
FIGURE A-2
summarizes the BIOS menu tree. See
Section A.3.1 “BIOS Setup Menu
Screens” on page A-12
for examples of each of these screens.
TABLE A-2
BIOS Setup Screens Summary
Screen
Description
Section
Main
General product information, including BIOS
type, processor, memory, and time and date.
Section A.3.1.1 “BIOS Main
Menu Screens” on page A-13
Advanced
Configuration information for the CPU,
memory, IDE, Super IO, trusted computing,
USB, PCI, MPS, and other information.
Section A.3.1.2 “BIOS
Advanced Menu Screens” on
page A-14
Boot
Configure the boot device priority (hard
drives and the optical media drive).
Section A.3.1.3 “BIOS Boot
Menu Screens” on page A-20
Server
Server devices can be configured by the
BIOS (if applicable).
Section A.3.1.4 “BIOS Server
Menu Screens” on page A-23
Security
Set or change the user and supervisor
passwords.
Section A.3.1.5 “BIOS Security
Menu Screens” on page A-27
Exit
Save changes and exit, discard changes and
exit, discard changes, or load optimal or fail-
safe defaults.
Section A.3.1.6 “BIOS Exit
Menu Screens” on page A-27
