Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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Plug & Play OS
Selecting Yes allows the OS to confi gure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required
for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play.) Select
No
to
allow the AMI BIOS to confi gure all devices in the system.
PCI Latency Timer
This feature sets the latency timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus. Select
64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32,
64
, 96, 128,
160, 192, 224, and 248.
PCI IDE BusMaster
When enabled, the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading/writing to IDE drives.
The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
SR-IOV Supported
Select Enabled to enable Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) support, which
works in conjunction with Intel Virtualization Technology to allow multiple operating
systems to run simultaneously within a single computer via natively-shared PCI-
Express devices in order to enhance network connectivity and performance. The
options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
PCI-E Slot1 Option ROM
Select Enabled to enable PCI-E Slot1 Option ROM. This will boot the computer
using a network interface unless PCI-E Slot 1 is populated with a graphics device.
The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM/Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM
Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 or LAN2 Option ROM. This is to boot
the computer using a network interface. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
Onboard LAN Option ROM Select
Select iSCSI to use the iSCSI Option ROM to boot the computing using a network
device. Select PXE to use the PXE Option ROM to boot the computer using a
network device. The options are iSCSI and
PXE
.
Boots Graphic Adapter Boot Priority
This feature allows the user to select the graphics adapter to be used as the primary
boot device. The options are
Onboard VGA
and Offboard VGA.
