Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family BIOS User Guide
Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family BIOS User Guide
Rev 1.0
October 2017
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
2. BIOS Setup Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.1 BIOS Setup Screen Layout ............................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2 Entering BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Exiting BIOS Setup ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 Navigating BIOS Setup ................................................................................................................................................. 11
3. BIOS Setup Screens ................................................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 Front Page and Setup Menu ...................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Main Screen ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.3 Advanced Screen ........................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.1 Processor Configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 22
3.3.2 Power & Performance .................................................................................................................................................. 29
3.3.3 UPI Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................... 39
3.3.4 Memory Configuration ................................................................................................................................................. 42
3.3.5 Integrated IO Configuration ....................................................................................................................................... 51
3.3.6 Mass Storage Controller Configuration ................................................................................................................ 57
3.3.7 PCI Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................... 63
3.3.8 Serial Port Configuration ............................................................................................................................................ 89
3.3.9 USB Configuration ......................................................................................................................................................... 91
3.3.10 System Acoustic and Performance Configuration ........................................................................................... 94
3.3.11 FPGA Configuration....................................................................................................................................................... 97
3.4 Security Screen ............................................................................................................................................................... 99
3.5 Server Management Screen ................................................................................................................................... 104
3.5.1 Console Redirection ................................................................................................................................................... 112
3.5.2 System Information.................................................................................................................................................... 116
3.5.3 BMC LAN Configuration ............................................................................................................................................ 119
3.6 Boot Maintenance Manager Screen .................................................................................................................... 130
3.6.1 Advanced Boot Options ........................................................................................................................................... 135
3.6.2 Legacy CDROM Order................................................................................................................................................ 141
3.6.3 Legacy Hard Disk Order ............................................................................................................................................ 142
3.6.4 Legacy Floppy Order ................................................................................................................................................. 143
3.6.5 Legacy Network Device Order ............................................................................................................................... 144
3.6.6 Legacy BEV Device Order ........................................................................................................................................ 145
3.6.7 Add EFI Boot Option .................................................................................................................................................. 146
3.6.8 Delete EFI Boot Option ............................................................................................................................................. 147
3.6.9 Change Boot Order..................................................................................................................................................... 148
3.7 Boot Manager Screen ................................................................................................................................................ 149
3.8 Error Manager Screen................................................................................................................................................ 151
3.9 Save & Exit Screen ...................................................................................................................................................... 152
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Appendix A. Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 155
List of Figures
Figure 1. BIOS setup screen layout....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Figure 2. Front page and setup menu .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Figure 3. Main screen ............................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 4. Advanced screen .................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Figure 5. Processor Configuration screen for dual-processor system ............................................................................... 22
Figure 6. Power & Performance screen............................................................................................................................................ 29
Figure 7. Uncore Power Management screen ............................................................................................................................... 32
Figure 8. CPU P State Control screen ............................................................................................................................................... 33
Figure 9. Hardware P States screen ................................................................................................................................................... 35
Figure 10. CPU C State Control screen............................................................................................................................................. 37
Figure 11. UPI Configuration screen ................................................................................................................................................. 39
Figure 12. Memory Configuration screen........................................................................................................................................ 42
Figure 13. Memory RAS and Performance Configuration screen ......................................................................................... 46
Figure 14. Integrated IO Configuration screen – page 1 for CPU socket 1 ....................................................................... 51
Figure 15. Integrated IO Configuration screen – page 2 for CPU socket 2 ....................................................................... 52
Figure 16. Mass Storage Controller Configuration screen ....................................................................................................... 57
Figure 17. SATA Port configuration screen .................................................................................................................................... 59
Figure 18. PCI Configuration screen.................................................................................................................................................. 63
Figure 19. PCIe Slot Bifurcation Setting screen – Intel® Server Board S2600WF .......................................................... 69
Figure 20. PCIe Slot Bifurcation Setting screen – Intel® Server Board S2600BP ........................................................... 69
Figure 21. PCIe Slot Bifurcation Setting screen – Intel® Server Board S2600ST............................................................ 70
Figure 22. PCIe Error Maintain screen – Intel® Server Board S2600WF ............................................................................. 70
Figure 23. PCIe Error Maintain screen – Intel® Server Board S2600BP .............................................................................. 71
Figure 24. PCIe Error Maintain screen – Intel® Server Board S2600ST .............................................................................. 71
Figure 25. NIC Configuration screen ................................................................................................................................................. 73
Figure 26. UEFI Network Stack screen ............................................................................................................................................. 75
Figure 27. UEFI Option ROM Control screen ................................................................................................................................. 77
Figure 28. IIO PCIe* lane partitioning ............................................................................................................................................... 78
Figure 29. PCIe Port Oprom Control screen .................................................................................................................................. 79
Figure 30. Processor PCIe Link Speed screen ............................................................................................................................... 80
Figure 31. Processor Socket x PCIe Link Speed screen ............................................................................................................ 81
Figure 32. Volume Management Device screen – Intel® Server Board S2600WF ......................................................... 84
Figure 33. Volume Management Device screen – Intel® Server Board S2600ST ........................................................... 85
Figure 34. Volume Management Device screen – Intel® Server Board S2600BP........................................................... 86
Figure 35. Serial Port Configuration screen ................................................................................................................................... 89
Figure 36. USB Configuration screen ................................................................................................................................................ 91
Figure 37. System Acoustic and Performance Configuration screen .................................................................................. 94
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Figure 38. FPGA Configuration screen ............................................................................................................................................. 97
Figure 39. Security screen ..................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Figure 40. Server Management screen ......................................................................................................................................... 104
Figure 41. Console Redirection screen ......................................................................................................................................... 112
Figure 42. System Information screen .......................................................................................................................................... 116
Figure 43. BMC LAN Configuration screen .................................................................................................................................. 120
Figure 44. User Configuration screen ............................................................................................................................................ 128
Figure 45. Boot Maintenance Manager screen .......................................................................................................................... 131
Figure 46. Advanced Boot Options screen .................................................................................................................................. 135
Figure 47. Secure Boot Configuration screen ............................................................................................................................ 139
Figure 48. Legacy CDROM Order screen ...................................................................................................................................... 141
Figure 49. Legacy Hard Disk Order screen .................................................................................................................................. 142
Figure 50. Legacy Floppy Order screen ........................................................................................................................................ 143
Figure 51. Legacy Network Device Order screen ...................................................................................................................... 144
Figure 52. Legacy BEV Device Order screen ............................................................................................................................... 145
Figure 53. Add EFI Boot Option screen......................................................................................................................................... 146
Figure 54. Delete EFI Boot Option screen.................................................................................................................................... 147
Figure 55. Change Boot Order screen ........................................................................................................................................... 148
Figure 56. Boot Manager screen ...................................................................................................................................................... 149
Figure 57. Error Manager screen ..................................................................................................................................................... 151
Figure 58. Save & Exit screen ............................................................................................................................................................ 152
List of Tables
Table 1. BIOS setup screen layout ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Table 2. BIOS setup keyboard commands ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Table 3. Screen map ................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Table 4. Slot ID and physical address............................................................................................................................................... 76
Table 5. VMD items for Intel® Server Board S2600WF ............................................................................................................. 88
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1. Introduction
This document provides an overview of the features and functions of the embedded BIOS setup utility for
Intel® server boards and systems supporting the Intel® Xeon® processor Scalable family. The text-based
setup utility controls the platform's built-in devices, the boot manager, and error manager. Use BIOS setup
to:
• View/set/change system configuration options.
• Set/cancel system administrator and user passwords.
• View/change baseboard management controller (BMC) access parameters.
• View system error messages.
Note: If no administrative password is set, any user that boots the system to setup has access to all
configurable setup options. For more information about BIOS password protection, see Intel® Server
Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 9.1.
For more detailed BIOS information, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS External Product
Specification (EPS). (Intel NDA required; contact a local Intel representative for availability.)
Note: This document provides support for Intel server boards and systems that support the Intel Xeon
processor Scalable family only. Previous generations of Intel server products are not supported by this
document.
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Title bar
Keyboard commands
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Note: With a USB keyboard, it is important to wait until the BIOS “discovers” the keyboard and beeps; until
the USB controller has been initialized and the USB keyboard activated, key pressing will not be read by the
system.
When the setup utility is entered, the front page is displayed initially. However, serious errors cause the
system to display the Error Manager screen instead of the front page.
It is also possible to cause a boot directly to setup using an IPMI 2.0 command Get/Set System Boot Options.
For details on that capability, see the explanation in the IPMI description.
After exiting, the system performs a cold reset. For more information on the Save & Exit screen, see section
3.9.
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Note: If a serious error occurs during the system boot process, the system may display the Error Manager
screen instead of the front page. For more information on the Error Manager screen, see Section 3.8.
<System BoardID>
<Installed Processor Name String> x.xxGHz
<Platform.86B.xx.yy.zzzz> <Amount of memory installed>
Copyright (c) 2010-2015, Intel Corporation
► Main
► Advanced
► Security
► Server Management
► Error Manager
► Boot Manager
► Boot Maintenance Manager
► Save & Exit
Main
Logged in as Administrator/User
Platform ID <Platform identification string>
System BIOS
BIOS Boot From Primary/Backup
Primary BIOS Version <Platform.86B.xx.yy.zzzz>
Primary BIOS Build Date <MM/DD/YYYY>
Backup BIOS Version <Platform.86B.xx.yy.zzzz>
Backup BIOS Build Date <MM/DD/YYYY>
Memory
Total DDR4 Memory <Total physical memory installed in system>
Intel NVM DIMM <Total capacity – Volatile capacity – Non-volatile
capacity>
1. Logged in as
Value: Administrator/User
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays password level that setup is running in: Administrator or User.
With no passwords set, Administrator is the default mode. For more information about BIOS
password protection, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 9.1.
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2. Platform ID
Value: <Platform identification string>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the platform ID (board ID) for the board on which the BIOS is
executing POST.
For a list of platform IDs and related product-specific information, refer to Intel® Server
Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 12.
Back to: Main Screen – Screen map
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10. Quiet Boot
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: [Enabled] – Display the logo screen during POST.
[Disabled] – Display the diagnostic screen during POST.
Comments: This field controls whether the full diagnostic information is displayed on the screen during
POST. For more information on the POST diagnostic screen, refer to Intel® Server Board
S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 4.2. When Console Redirection is enabled, the Quiet Boot
setting is disregarded and the text mode diagnostic screen is displayed unconditionally.
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14. System Time
Value: [HH:MM:SS]
Help text: System Time has configurable fields for Hours, Minutes, and Seconds.
Hours are in 24-hour format.
Use [Enter], [+] or [-] key to modify the selected field.
Use [<-] or [->] key to select the previous or next field.
Comments: This field initially displays the current system time in 24-hour format. It may be edited to
change the system time. When the system time is reset by the BIOS defaults jumper, BIOS
recovery flash update, or other method, the time is the earliest time of day in the allowed
range – 00:00:00 (although the time is updated beginning from when it is reset early in
POST).
Back to: Main Screen – Screen map
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Advanced
► Processor Configuration
► Power & Performance
► UPI Configuration
► Memory Configuration
► Integrated IO Configuration
► Mass Storage Controller Configuration
► PCI Configuration
► Serial Port Configuration
► USB Configuration
► System Acoustic and Performance Configuration
► FPGA Configuration
1. Processor Configuration
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure processor information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Processor Configuration settings, see section 3.3.1.
Back to: Advanced Screen – Screen map
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3. UPI Configuration
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure UPI information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Memory Configuration settings, see section 3.3.3.
Back to: Advanced Screen – Screen map
4. Memory Configuration
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure memory information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Memory Configuration settings, see section 3.3.4.
Back to: Advanced Screen – Screen map
5. Integrated IO Configuration
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure Integrated IO information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Integrated IO Configuration settings, see section
3.3.5.
Back to: Advanced Screen – Screen map
7. PCI Configuration
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure PCI information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on PCI Configuration settings, see section 3.3.7.
Back to: Advanced Screen – Screen map
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9. USB Configuration
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure USB information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on USB Configuration settings, see section 3.3.9.
Back to: Advanced Screen – Screen map
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Processor Configuration
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1. Processor ID
Value: <CPUID>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the processor signature value (from the CPUID instruction)
identifying the type of processor and the stepping. For more information about supported
processors, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 3.3.2.
For multi-socket boards, the processor selected as the bootstrap processor (BSP) has an
asterisk (*) displayed beside the processor ID. N/A is displayed for a processor if not
installed.
For the Intel Server Board S2600 family, two processor IDs are displayed whether the
second CPU socket has a processor installed or not. If the socket does not have a processor
installed, N/A is displayed for the processor data.
Back to: Processor Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
2. Processor Frequency
Value: <Current processor frequency>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays current operating frequency of the processor.
Single-socket boards have a single processor display; two-socket and four-socket boards
have a display column for each socket, showing N/A for empty sockets where processors are
not installed.
Back to: Processor Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
3. Microcode Revision
Value: <Microcode revision number>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the revision level of the currently loaded processor microcode.
Single-socket boards have a single processor display; two-socket and four-socket boards
have a display column for each socket, showing N/A for empty sockets where processors are
not installed.
Back to: Processor Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
4. L1 Cache RAM
Value: <L1 cache size>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays size in KB of the processor L1 cache. Since L1 cache is not shared
between cores, this is shown as the amount of L1 cache per core. There are two types of L1
cache, so this amount is the total of L1 Instruction Cache plus L1 Data Cache for each core.
Single-socket boards have a single processor display; two-socket and four-socket boards
have a display column for each socket, showing N/A for empty sockets where processors are
not installed.
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5. L2 Cache RAM
Value: <L2 cache size>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays size in KB of the processor L2 cache. Since L2 cache is not shared
between cores, this is shown as the amount of L2 cache per core.
Single-socket boards have a single processor display; two-socket and four-socket boards
have a display column for each socket, showing N/A for empty sockets where processors are
not installed.
Back to: Processor Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
6. L3 Cache RAM
Value: <L3 cache size>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays size in KB of the processor L3 cache. Since L3 cache is not shared
between cores, this is shown as the amount of L3 cache per core.
Single-socket boards have a single processor display; two-socket and four-socket boards
have a display column for each socket, showing N/A for empty sockets where processors are
not installed.
Back to: Processor Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
7. Processor 1 Version
Processor 2 Version
Value: <ID string from processor>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays Brand ID string read from processor with CPUID instruction.
Single-socket boards have a single processor display; two-socket and four-socket boards
have a display line for each socket, showing N/A for empty sockets where processors are not
installed.
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9. Current Active Processor Cores
Value: All/1/2/3/4/N-1
Help text: Current number of cores to enable in each processor package.
Comments: Information only. The current active number of cores where N is the number of cores in the
processor package. The number of cores that is displayed depends on an Intel® Node
Manager (Intel® NM) IPMI command to disable cores or a setup change to the number of
active processor cores; this may be different from the number previously set.
Note: The Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME) can control the number of active cores
independently of the Active Processor Cores BIOS setting. If the Intel ME disables or enables
processor cores, that overrides the BIOS setting. Any change to the Active Processor Cores
setting lower than the previous setting updates this display.
Note: Using this setting to enable or disable processor cores updates the Current Active
Processor Core display. Using an Intel NM IPMI command to disable processor cores only
updates the Current Active Processor Core display and does not affect this setting.
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12. Intel(R) Virtualization Technology
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Intel(R) Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple
operating systems and applications in independent partitions.
Note: A change to this option requires the system to be powered off
and then back on before the setting takes effect.
Comments: This option is only visible if all processors installed in the system support Intel®
Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT). The software configuration installed on the system
must support this feature in order for it to be enabled.
Note: Changing the Intel TXT setting requires the system to perform a hard reset for the
setting to become effective.
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15. MLC Streamer
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: MLC Streamer is a speculative prefetch unit within the processor(s).
Note: Modifying this setting may affect performance.
Comments: MLC Streamer is normally enabled for best efficiency in L2 cache and memory channel use,
but disabling it may improve performance for some processing loads and on certain
benchmarks. For more information, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS
section 3.3.4.1.
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Note: The fields on the Power & Performance screen do not support SysCfg changes with the /bcs
command and do not support Intel® Integrator Tookit customization (with the exception of the Workload
Configuration setting).
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1. CPU Power and Performance Policy
Value: Performance/Balanced Performance/Balanced Power/Power
Help text: Allows the user to set an overall power and performance policy for
the system, and when changed will modify a selected list of options
to achieve the policy. These options are still changeable outside of
the policy but do reflect the changes that the policy makes when a
new policy is selected.
[Performance] Optimization is strongly toward performance, even at
the expense of energy efficiency.
[Balanced Performance] Weights optimization toward performance,
while conserving energy.
[Balanced Power] Weights optimization toward energy conservation,
with good performance.
[Power] Optimization is strongly toward energy efficiency, even at
the expense of performance.
Comments: Choosing one of these four power and performance profiles implements a number of
changes in BIOS settings, both visible settings in the setup screens and non-visible internal
settings. For detailed lists of settings affected by each profile, see Intel® Server Board S2600
Family BIOS EPS section 3.16.2.
Back to: Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
2. Workload Configuration
Value: Balanced/I/O Sensitive
Help text: Controls the aggressiveness of the energy performance BIAS settings.
This bit field allows the BIOS to choose a configuration that may
improve performance on certain workloads.
Comments: Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) enables fine granularity voltage regulation and allows the
voltage and frequency of uncore to be programmed independently. The uncore activity is
monitored to optimize the frequency in real-time. For more information, see Intel® Server
Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 3.16.2. This option is only visible when Enhanced
Intel SpeedStep® Technology is enabled by the BIOS. This option is for dual-processor
systems only.
Note: This option can support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization, but the value may be
overwritten by changing special options after entering BIOS setup.
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4. CPU P State Control
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure CPU P State Control information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on CPU P State Control settings, see section 4.3.2.2.
Back to: Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
5. Hardware P States
Value: None
Help text: Hardware P State setting.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Hardware P States settings, see section 4.3.2.3.
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3.3.2.1 Uncore Power Management
The Uncore Power Management screen specifies a policy that is optimized for the processors with the
direction of either reduced power consumption or increased performance.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > Power & Performance > Uncore Power
Management. Press the <Esc> key to return to the Power & Performance screen.
2. Performance P-limit
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Allows the Uncore frequency coordination of two processors when
enabled.
Comments: This option is only visible if two processors are installed in the system. In a two-socket
system, it may be desirable to have the two processors running at similar Uncore
frequencies. The Performance P-limit feature does this by coordinating frequency between
the two sockets. This avoids latency increases caused by an “idle” socket running at a low
CLR frequency, slowing down accesses from a “busy” socket.
Back to: Uncore Power Management – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
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3.3.2.2 CPU P State Control
The CPU P State Control screen specifies a policy which is optimized for the processors with the direction of
either reduced power consumption or increased performance.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > Power & Performance > CPU P State Control.
Press the <Esc> key to return to the Power & Performance screen.
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3.3.2.3 Hardware P States
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > Power & Performance > Hardware P States.
Press the <Esc> key to return to the Power & Performance screen.
Hardware P States
1. Hardware P-States
Value: Disable/Native Mode/Out of Band Mode/Native mode with no legacy support
Help text: Disable: Hardware chooses a P-state based on OS Request (Legacy P-
States)
Native Mode: Hardware chooses a P-state based on OS guidance
Out of Band Mode: Hardware autonomously chooses a P-state (no OS
guidance).
Comments: None
Back to: Hardware P States – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
2. Hardware PM Interrupt
Value: Enable/Disable
Help text: Enable/Disable Hardware PM Interrupt.
Comments: This option is grayed out if Hardware P-States is not in Native Mode.
Back to: Hardware P States – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
3. EPP Enable
Value: Enable/Disable
Help text: When enabled, HW masks EPP in CPUID[6].10 and uses the Energy
Performance Bias Register for Energy vs. Performance Preference
input.
Comments: This option is grayed out if Hardware P-States is disabled.
Back to: Hardware P States – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
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4. APS Rocketing
Value: Enable/Disable
Help text: Enable/Disable the rocketing mechanism in the HWP p-state selection
pcode algorithm. Rocketing enables the core ratio to jump to max
turbo instantaneously as opposed to a smooth ramp up.
Comments: This option is grayed out if Hardware P-States is disabled.
Back to: Hardware P States – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
5. Scalability
Value: Enable/Disable
Help text: Enable/Disable the use of scalability in HWP pcode power efficiency
algorithms. Scalability is the measure of estimated performance
improvement for a given increase in core frequency.
Comments: This option is grayed out if Hardware P-States is disabled.
Back to: Hardware P States – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
6. PPO Budget
Value: Enable/Disable
Help text: Enable/Disable core parameter based per core power budgeting. PPO-
Budget allocates power budget to cores based on their
scalability/EPP.
Comments: This option is grayed out if Hardware P-States is disabled.
Back to: Hardware P States – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
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3.3.2.4 CPU C State Control
The CPU C State Control screen specifies a policy which is optimized for the processor’s sleep state.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > Power & Performance > CPU C State Control.
Press the <Esc> key to return to the Power & Performance screen.
1. Package C State
Value: C0/C1 state /C2 state/C6 (non Retention) state/C6 (Retention) state/No Limit
Help text: Set and specifies the lowest C-state for Processor package. C0/C1
sate is no package C-state support. C6 retention state provides more
power saving than C6 non retention state. No Limit is no package C-
state limit.
Comments: This option specifies the lowest C-state for processor packages.
Back to: CPU C State Control – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
2. C1E
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: When Enabled, the CPU will switch to the Minimum Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep(R) Technology operating point when all execution cores
enter C1. Frequency will switch immediately, followed by gradual
Voltage switching.
When Disabled, the CPU will not transit to the minimum Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep(R) Technology operating point when all cores enter C1.
Comments: This is normally disabled but can be enabled for improved performance on certain
benchmarks and in certain situations.
Back to: CPU C State Control – Power & Performance – Advanced Screen – Screen map
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3. Processor C6
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/Disable Processor C6 (ACPI C3) report to OS.
Comments: This is normally enabled but can be disabled for improved performance on certain
benchmarks and in certain situations.
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To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > UPI Configuration. Press the <Esc> key to
return to the Advanced screen.
UPI Configuration
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2. Intel(R) UPI Link Frequency
Value: N/A / 9.6 GT/s / 10.4GT/s /Unknown GT/s
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the current frequency at which the Intel UPI links are operating.
This setting appears on multi-socket boards only.
When a multi-socket board has only one processor installed, Intel UPI Link Frequency is
shown as N/A.
Back to: UPI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
4. KTI Prefetch
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: KTI Prefetch.
Comments: None
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5. Stale AtoS
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Stale A to S Dir optimization.
Comments: A to S directory optimization. When RdData finds DIR=A and all snoop responses received
are RspI, then directory is moved to S and data is returned in S-state. This optimization will
not be effective in xNC configuration where BuriedM is possible.
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Memory Configuration
DIMM Information
CPU1_CPU1_DIMM_A1 <DIMM size> <DIMM status>
CPU1_CPU1_DIMM_A2 <DIMM size> <DIMM status>
CPU_DIMM_B1 <DIMM size> <DIMM status>
CPU_DIMM_B2 <DIMM size> <DIMM status>
~~(repeated for C1-F1, omitted)~~
CPU1_DIMM_F2 <DIMM size> <DIMM status>
~~(repeated for J1-T2, omitted)~~
CPU2_DIMM_A1 <DIMM size> <DIMM status>
3. Effective Memory
Value: <Total effective memory>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the amount of memory available to the OS in MB or GB.
The effective memory is the total physical memory minus the sum of all memory reserved
for internal usage, RAS redundancy, and system management RAM (SMRAM).
Note: Some server operating systems do not display the total physical memory installed.
For more information on memory sizing, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS
sections 3.4.8 and, especially, 3.4.8.2.
Back to: Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
4. Current Configuration
Value: Independent/1LM Mirror/2LM Mirror/Rank Sparing/ADDDC>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays one of the following:
• Independent – DIMMs are operating in Independent Channel Mode, the default
configuration when there is no RAS Mode configured.
• 1LM Mirror – Mirroring RAS Mode has been configured and is operational.
• 2LM Mirror – 2LM mirror mode selected.
• Rank Sparing – Rank Sparing RAS Mode has been configured and is operational.
• ADDDC – ADDDC mode enabled.
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5. Current Memory Speed
Value: <Operational memory speed in MT/s>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the speed in MT/s at which the memory is currently running.
The supported memory speeds are 2133 MT/s, 2400 MT/s, and 2666 MT/s. The actual
memory speed capability depends on the memory configuration.
Back to: Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
7. IMC Interleaving
Value: Auto/1-way Interleave/2-way Interleave
Help text: Select IMC Interleaving setting.
Comments: None
Back to: Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
8. Page Policy
Value: Auto/Closed/Adaptive
Help text: Select Page Policy.
Comments: None
Back to: Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
9. Enable ADR
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enables the detecting and enabling of ADR.
Comments: This option is displayed when the system installs NVDIMM.
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11. Restore NVDIMMs
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enables/Disables Automatic restoring of NVDIMMs.
Comments: This option is displayed when the system installs NVDIMM.
Back to: Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
Note: For DIMM_XY, X denotes the channel identifier A-P and Y denotes the DIMM slop
identifier 1-3 within the channel. For example, DIMM_A2 is the DIMM socket on channel A,
slot 2. Not all boards have the same number of channels and slots; this is dependent on the
board features.
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Note: If the DIMM is an AEP device, the DIMM size string is xx GB—xx GB – xx GB
representing the total capacity, volatile capacity, and non-volatile capacity. No DIMM status
is shown for AEP devices.
The Intel Server Board S2600 family can have DIMMs A1 and A2 to L1 and L2 (maximum two
CPUs, six channels, two DPC). Each project may have a different DIMM slot topology; this
document just gives a general design. Adjust per the DIMM schematic to tune.
For details about different board configurations, refer to Intel® Server Board S7200AP Family
BIOS EPS sections 3.4.4.1 and 12.
Back to: Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
3.3.4.1 Memory RAS and Performance Configuration
The Memory RAS and Performance Configuration screen specifies several memory configuration options.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > Memory Configuration > Memory RAS and
Performance Configuration. Press the <Esc> key to return to the Memory Configuration screen.
Capabilities
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1. Memory Mirroring Possible
Value: Yes/No
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays whether the current DIMM configuration is capable of memory
mirroring. For memory mirroring to be possible, DIMM configurations on all paired channels
must be identical between the channel pair (Mirroring Domain). For details about mirroring
configurations, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS sections 3.4.3 and 3.4.4.
Back to: Memory RAS and Performance Configuration – Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen –
Screen map
Note: The Correctable Error Threshold value is also the Sparing Fail Over threshold value.
Threshold values of “All” or “None” are not valid for Rank Sparing. If the Correctable Error
Threshold is set to either of those values, Rank Spring will not be possible. (See
section 3.3.4.)
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4. Mirror Mode
Value: Disabled/1LM/2LM
Help text: Allows the user to select the Mirror Mode to be applied for the next
boot. 2LM will be hidden when AEPDimm is not present.
1LM- 1 level Mirror Mode
2LM- 2 level Mirror Mode
Comments: This setting is shown when the current CPU supports mirror mode, the DIMM population
meets mirror requirements, and no spare or lockstep is enabled.
Back to: Memory RAS and Performance Configuration – Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen –
Screen map
5. ADDDC Sparing
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/Disable Adaptive Double Device Data Correction Sparing.
Comments: This setting is hidden if eight DIMMs are installed or if mirror mode or memory sparing are
not disabled.
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Screen map
6. Memory Sparing
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/Disable Memory Rank Sparing.
Comments: If no channel has more than two rank, this item is hidden.
Back to: Memory RAS and Performance Configuration – Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen –
Screen map
7. Multi-Rank Sparing
Value: 1 Rank/2 Rank/Auto
Help text: The Rank number used when Rank Sparing is enabled.
Comments: This option is only present when Memory Sparing is enabled.
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8. NUMA Optimized
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: If enabled, BIOS includes ACPI tables that are required for NUMA-
aware Operating Systems.
Comments: This option is only hidden for boards which have only one socket installed that is SNC
incapable.
When enabled, the SRAT and SLIT ACPI tables are provided that show the locality of
systems resources, especially memory, which allows a “NUMA Aware” OS to optimize which
processor threads are used by processes that can benefit by having the best access to those
resources. For more information, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS
section 3.4.4.6.
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9. Sub_NUMA Cluster
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: When enabled, sub NUMA cluster enabled. If any memory controller has
no memory attached, this feature cannot be enabled.
Comments: This feature is similar to COD on previous generations. It produces more NUMA objects
under ACPI. The major difference is that SNC LLC is unified and COD LLC is separated.
Sub_NUMA Cluster enables the two-cluster SNC; two-way interleave of IMC Interleaving will
focus to 1-cluster. If there are DIMMs on both MCs, enable the SNC and set one-way
interleave. It will enable SNC2 (two clusters).
Back to: Memory RAS and Performance Configuration – Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen –
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11. Correctable Error Threshold
Value: 20/10/5/All/None
Help text: Threshold value for logging Correctable Errors (CE) – Threshold of 10
(default) logs 10th CE, "All" logs every CE, and “None”’ means no CE
logging. All and None are not valid with Rank Sparing.
Comments: Specifies how many correctable errors (CEs) must occur before triggering the logging of a
system event log (SEL) CE event. Only the first threshold crossing is logged, unless the All or
None options are selected. The All option causes every CE that occurs to be logged. The
None option suppresses CE logging completely.
The All and None options only apply to the independent mode.
This threshold is applied on a per-rank basis. CE occurrences are counted for each memory
rank. If ADDDC mode is enabled, every threshold crossing is logged until this rank ECC
becomes +1 mode (ADDDC exhausted).This is also the CE threshold used when Rank
Sparing RAS Mode is configured. When a CE threshold crossing occurs in Rank Sparing
Mode on a channel which is in the redundant state, it causes a Sparing Fail Over (SFO) event
to occur. That threshold crossing is also logged as a CE event if it is the first to occur in the
system.
Back to: Memory RAS and Performance Configuration – Memory Configuration – Advanced Screen –
Screen map
13. Cloaking
Value: Disabled/Enabled
Help text: If disabled, CMCI event appears when CE happens. If enabled, CMCI
event is blocked when CE happens.
Comments: None
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Integrated IO Configuration
Integrated IO Configuration
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1. NTB PCIe Port 1a on CPU socket 1
NTB PCIe Port 2a on CPU socket 1
NTB PCIe Port 3a on CPU socket 1
NTB PCIe Port 1a on CPU socket 2
NTB PCIe Port 2a on CPU socket 2
NTB PCIe Port 3a on CPU socket 2
Value: Transparent Bridge/NTB to NTB
Help text: Configures port as TB, NTB-NTB.
Comments: This option selects the configuration mode of PCI Express* (PCIe*) port 1A, 2A or 3A to
support NTB configuration.
Note: When NTB is enabled, Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) is required to be disabled at
each NTB link. NTP-RP mode is not supported in the Intel Server Board S2600 family.
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5. Primary BAR 4 Size
Value: [0-39, 20 is default]
Help text: Used to set the prefetchable BAR 4 size on primary side of NTB.
Value < than 12 or > 29 (39 for BIOS supporting > 4G PCI) disables
BAR.
Comments: This option only appears when Enable NTB Bars is enabled and Enable SPLIT BARs is
enabled.
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10. Secondary BAR 5 Size
Value: [0-39, 20 is default]
Help text: Used to set the prefetchable BAR 5 size on secondary side of NTB.
Value < than 12 or > 29 (39 for BIOS supporting > 4G PCI) disables
BAR.
Comments: This option only appears when Enable NTB Bars is enabled and Enable SPLIT BARs is
enabled.
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15. Coherency Support
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/Disable Intel(R) VT-d Coherency support.
Comments: This option only appears when Intel® VT for Directed I/O is enabled.
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2. SATA Port 0-7
Value: None
Help text: None
Comments: Selection only. For more information on SATA Port configuration settings, see
section 3.3.6.1.
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3. SAS Controller
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable or Disable the LSI SAS controller.
Comments: Enable or disable the SAS controller. This option is only for the server board’s onboard LSI
SAS controller.
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3.3.6.1 SATA Port Configuration
The SATA Port Configuration screen configures the AHCI-capable controllers that are integrated into the
server board on which the BIOS is executing. There are two onboard controllers – the AHCI SATA controller
and the AHCI sSATA controller with SATA drive and RAID support. There are also informational displays of
AHCI controller configuration and SATA drive information when applicable.
Note: Due to limitations of Syscfg (cannot change two options with the same name), change all SATA options
to different names.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > Mass Storage Controller Configuration. Press
the <Esc> key to return to the Advanced screen.
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1. (s)SATA Controller Configuration
Value: Controller is disabled/<AHCI port configuration>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. This is a display showing which ports are available through the onboard
AHCI capable SATA controller, if the controller is enabled. The port configuration is one of
the following states:
• Controller is disabled
• 8 ports of 6 Gb/s SATA (for SATA controller)
• 6 ports of 6 GB/s SATA (for sSATA controller)
This information is also displayed during POST in the POST diagnostic screen. (Intel® Server
Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 4.2)
The number of SATA ports available from the integrated AHCI-capable SATA controller is
dependent on the specific server board installed in the system. Different server board
designs expose different SATA port configurations. The platform ID (board ID) is displayed in
the Main screen, and the corresponding SATA port configuration can be found in Intel®
Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 12.
Back to: SATA Port Configuration – Mass Storage Controller Configuration – Advanced Screen –
Screen map
Note: For Intel® Server Board S2600BT, which does not support RAID, there is no RAID Mode
value in setup.
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3. (s)SATA RAID Options
Value: INTEL(R) ESRT2 (LSI*) / INTEL(R) RSTe
Help text: - Intel(R) ESRT2 (Powered By LSI*): Supports RAID 0/1/10 and optional
RAID 5 with Inte(R) RAID5 Upgrade Keys. Uses Intel(R) ESRT2 drivers
(based on LSI* MegaSR).
- Intel(R) RSTe: Provides pass-through drive support. Also provides
host based RAID 0/1/10/5 support. Uses Intel(R) RSTe iastor drivers.
Comments: This option only appears when the SATA Controller is enabled, and RAID Mode has been
selected as the operational SATA Mode. This setting selects the RAID stack to be used for
SATA RAID with the onboard AHCI SATA controller.
If a RAID Volume has not previously been created that is compatible with the RAID stack
selected, it will be necessary to Save and Exit and reboot in order to create a RAID Volume.
Note: This option does not appear on all boards. Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology
2 (Intel® ESRT2) only supports SATA controllers on 1G board and BIOS should be in EUFI
mode. For other configurations, the option is grayed out and the default value is Intel® Rapid
Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe). The sSATA controller does not support Intel
ESRT2. For Intel® Server Board S2600BT, which does not support RAID, this option is not
available in setup.
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5. (s)SATA HDD Staggered Spin-Up
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: If enabled for the AHCI Capable SATA controller, Staggered Spin-Up
will be performed on drives attached to it. Otherwise these drives
will all spin up at boot.
Comments: This option enables or disables staggered spin-up only for disk drives attached to ports on
the AHCI-capable SATA controller. Disk drives attached to SATA/SAS ports on the SCU are
controlled by a different method for staggered spin-pp and this option does not affect them.
This option is only visible when the SATA controller is enabled and AHCI or RAID has been
selected as the operational SATA mode.
Staggered spin-up is needed when there are enough HDDs attached to the system to cause
a marked startup power demand surge when all drives start spin-up together. Since the
power demand is greatest just as the drive spinning is started, the overall startup power
demand can be leveled off by starting up each drive at a slightly different time, so the power
demand surges for multiple drives do not coincide and cause too great a power draw.
When staggered spin-up is enabled, it does have a possibility of increasing boot time if there
are many HDDs attached, because of the interval between starting drives spinning. However,
that is exactly the scenario in which staggered spin-up is most needed, because the more
disk drives attached, the greater the startup demand surge.
Setting the external eSATA connector to Enabled (when available) does not invalidate the
staggered spin-Up option, although there may be less need for staggered spin-up in a
system configured for eSATA use.
Back to: SATA Port Configuration – Mass Storage Controller Configuration – Advanced Screen –
Screen map
6. SATA Port
SATA ports 0-7 for SATA controller and SATA ports 0-5 for sSATA controller
Value: Not installed/<Drive information>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. The drive information, when present, typically consists of the drive model
identification and size for the disk drive installed on a particular port.
This drive information line is repeated for the SATA ports for the two onboard AHCI-capable
SATA controllers. However, for any given board, only the ports which are physically
populated on the board are shown. That is, a board that only implements the two 6 GB/s
ports 0 and 1, only shows those two ports in this drive information list.
This section for drive information does not appear when the SATA operational mode is RAID
Mode.
Back to: SATA Port Configuration – Mass Storage Controller Configuration – Advanced Screen –
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PCI Configuration
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2. Memory Mapped I/O Size
Value: Auto/1G/4G/16G/64G/256G/1024G/4096G
Help text: Sets the Size of MMIO space above 4GB.
Comments: When Memory Mapped I/O above 4GB option enabled, this option sets the preserved MMIO
size as PCI/PCIe Memory Mapped I/O for devices capable of 64-bit addressing. The Auto
setting will automatically calculate the required MMIO size of all add-in PCIe devices and try
to assign sufficient resource for each device.
This option is grayed out when Memory Mapped I/O above 4GB option is disabled. In
addition, the 4096G option is only valid on one- or two-socket platforms; it is hidden on a
four-socket platform with all four CPUs installed.
Note: The system will not work normally if the system requested memory mapped I/O size is
greater than the chosen value (1G/4G/16G/64G). This is an expected behavior due to MMIO
resource shortage. Change the value to Auto or a larger size.
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4. Onboard Video
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable or disable onboard video controller.
Warning: System video is completely disabled if this option is
disabled and an add-in video adapter is not installed.
Comments: When disabled, the system requires an add-in video card for the video to be seen. When
there is no add-in video card installed, Onboard Video is set to Enabled and grayed out so it
cannot be changed.
If there is an add-in video card installed in a PCIe slot connected to CPU Socket 1, and the
Legacy VGA Socket option is set to CPU Socket 1, then this Onboard Video option is
available to be set and default as Disabled.
If there is an add-in video card installed on a PCIe slot connected to CPU Socket 2, and the
Legacy VGA Socket option is set to CPU Socket 2, this option is grayed out and unavailable,
with a value set to Disabled. This is because the Onboard Video is connected to CPU Socket
1, and is not functional when CPU Socket 2 is the active path for video. When Legacy VGA
Socket is set back to CPU Socket 1, this option becomes available again and is set to its
default value of Enabled.
Note: This option does not appear on some models. Refer to Intel® Server Board S2600
Family BIOS EPS section 12 for product-specific information.
5. Fast Video
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/disable fast video. Fast video allows the screen light up in
early phase.
Note: Fast Video only appears when Onboard Video is Enabled.
Comments: None
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6. Legacy VGA Socket
Value: CPU Socket 1/CPU Socket 2
Help text: Determines whether Legacy VGA video output is enabled for PCIe slots
attached to Processor Socket 1 or 2. Socket 1 is the default.
Comments: This option is necessary when using an add-in video card on a PCIe slot attached to CPU
Socket 2, due to a limitation of the processor IIO. The Legacy video device can be connected
through either socket but there is a setting that must be set on only one of the two. This
option allows the switch to using a video card in a slot connected to CPU Socket 2.
This option does not appear unless the BIOS is running on a board which has one processor
installed on CPU Socket 2 and can potentially have a video card installed in a PCIe slot
connected to CPU Socket 2.
This option is grayed out as unavailable and set to CPU Socket 1 unless there is a processor
installed on CPU Socket 2 and a video card installed in a PCIe slot connected to CPU Socket
2. When this option is active and is set to CPU Socket 2, then both Onboard Video and Dual
Monitor Video are set to Disabled and grayed out as unavailable. This is because the
Onboard Video is a PCIe device connected to CPU Socket 1, and is unavailable when the
Legacy VGA Socket is set to Socket 2.
Back to: PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
7. ARI Support
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable or disable the ARI support.
Comments: None
Back to: PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
8. SR-IOV Support
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable or disable the SR-IOV support.
Comments: None
Back to: PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
Note: This configuration page is only visible on Intel® Server Board S2600KP.
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10. PCIe Error Maintain
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure PCIe Error Maintain setting.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on PCIe Error Maintain settings, see section 3.3.7.2.
Back to: PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
Note: This field cannot support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command and cannot support
Intel Integrator Tookit customization. For Intel® Server Board S2600BT, which does not have
onboard ports, this page does not exist.
Note: This field cannot support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command and cannot support
Intel Integrator Tookit customization.
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14. PCIe Port Oprom Control
Value: None
Help text: View/Configure PCIe Port Oprom control settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on PCIe* Port option ROM (Oprom) Control settings,
see section 3.3.7.6.
Note: This field cannot support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. For Intel Integrator
Tookit customization tool, change the proper item based on real configuration. For Intel®
Server Board S2600BT, which only supports UEFI Mode, this page does not exist.
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3.3.7.1 PCIe* Slot Bifurcation Setting
Each board in the Intel Server Board S2600 family has different risers and different options for PCIe slot
bifurcation.
Figure 19. PCIe Slot Bifurcation Setting screen – Intel® Server Board S2600WF
Riser_Slot_1 Bifurcation
CPU1 IO2 Auto/x16/x8x8/x8x4x4/x4x4x8/x4x4x4x4
Riser_Slot_2 Bifurcation
CPU1 IOU3 Auto/x16/x8x8/x8x4x4/x4x4x8/x4x4x4x4
CPU1 IOU1 Auto/x16/x8x8/x8x4x4/x4x4x8/x4x4x4x4
Riser_Slot_3 Bifurcation
CPU2 IOU1 Auto/x16/x8x8/x8x4x4/x4x4x8/x4x4x4x4
CPU2 IOU3 Auto/x8
Riser_Slot_4 Bifurcation
CPU2 IOU2 Auto/x16/x8x8/x8x4x4/x4x4x8/x4x4x4x4
Figure 20. PCIe Slot Bifurcation Setting screen – Intel® Server Board S2600BP
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Figure 21. PCIe Slot Bifurcation Setting screen – Intel® Server Board S2600ST
1. Riser_Slot_X Bifurcation
CPU 1/2 IOU 1/2/3 (for Intel® Server Board S2600BP)
Value: Auto/x16/x8x8/x8x4x4/x4x4x8/x4x4x4x4
Help text: None
Comments: Select PCIe port bifurcation for the selected slot(s) of the riser.
Note: Each setup item displays if a x16 riser is plugged. Otherwise, for all SKUs except
S2600ST, they are hidden. Intel Server Board S2600 shows the Auto bifurcation option.
Back to: PCIe* Slot Bifurcation Setting – PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
3.3.7.2 PCIe* Error Maintain
To support the Intel® Xeon Phi™ processor error maintain feature defined in software CCB303, the BIOS
provides these items for the Intel Server Board S2600 family. It is shown only if the slot bifurcation is x16;
any other bifurcation will be hidden. When enabled, and an error happens on an Intel Xeon Phi card, CPLD
will consume this GPIO value to skip this riser reset (whole riser include the slot card plugged). So after the
reset, these errors are kept in the card for further debug.
Each item controls a GPIO pin. The default is Disabled which means the GPIO value is GPO.
PCIeErrorMaintain_Riser1 Enabled/Disabled
PCIeErrorMaintain_Riser2 Enabled/Disabled
Figure 22. PCIe Error Maintain screen – Intel® Server Board S2600WF
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PCIeErrorMaintain_Riser1 Enabled/Disabled
PCIeErrorMaintain_Riser2 Enabled/Disabled
PCIeErrorMaintain_Riser3 Enabled/Disabled
PCIeErrorMaintain_Riser4 Enabled/Disabled
Figure 23. PCIe Error Maintain screen – Intel® Server Board S2600BP
PCIeErrorMaintain_Slot2_&_Slot4 Enabled/Disabled
PCIeErrorMaintain_Slot6 Enabled/Disabled
Figure 24. PCIe Error Maintain screen – Intel® Server Board S2600ST
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3.3.7.3 NIC Configuration
The NIC Configuration screen configures the network interface card (NIC) controller options for BIOS POST. It
also displays the NIC MAC addresses currently in use. This NIC Configuration screen handles network
controllers built in on the baseboard (onboard). It does not configure or report anything related to add-in
network adapter cards.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > PCI Configuration > NIC Configuration. Press
the <Esc> key to return to the PCI Configuration screen.
There is usually one onboard NIC built into the baseboard, although in some cases there are two onboard
NICs. There are several possible types of NICs which are incorporated into different boards.
For boards with only one onboard NIC, the Onboard NIC2 entries are not present on the screen. The number
of Port options displayed for each NIC will match the number of ports the onboard NIC presents.
Note: The fields on the NIC Configuration screen do not support SysCfg changes with the /bcs command
and do not support Intel Integrator Tookit customization.
When a NIC port is disabled, its MAC address is hidden. When a NIC controller is disabled, all ports and all
MAC addresses for those ports are hidden.
For the Intel Server Board S2600 family, if the onboard NIC is the Intel® C620 PCH Integrated 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Controller, the NIC controller disable/enable feature will only be supported under UEFI mode. The
NIC controller disable/enable will be grayed out and enabled by default under Legacy mode.
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NIC Configuration
Each of these onboard NICs is followed by a section including a group of options that are
specific to the type of NIC.
If a board only has one onboard NIC, the second NIC type and following options section
does not appear.
For details about the NIC hardware configuration for a specific board, refer to Intel® Server
Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 12.
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3. NIC1 Controller
4. NIC2 Controller
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/Disable Onboard Network Controller.
Comments: This option completely disables the onboard network controller NIC1 or NIC2, along with all
included NIC ports and their associated options. If disabled, that controller’s NIC ports, port
PXE options, and port MAC address displays do not appear.
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5. NIC1 Port1
6. NIC1 Port2
7. NIC1 Port3
8. NIC1 Port4
9. NIC2 Port1
10. NIC2 Port2
11. NIC2 Port3
12. NIC2 Port4
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help text: Enable/Disable Onboard NIC<n> Port<x>.
Comments: This enables or disables port<x, x = 1-4> of onboard network controller<n, n = 1-2>,
including associated port PXE options. The NIC<n> Port<x> PXE option and MAC address
display do not appear when that port is disabled.
The associated port enable/disable options do not appear when NIC<n> is disabled.
Only ports that actually exist for a particular NIC appear in this section. That is, Port1-Port4
appear for a quad-port NIC, Port1-Port2 appear for a dual-port NIC, and only Port1 appears
for a single-port NIC.
For details about the NIC hardware configuration for a specific board, refer to Intel® Server
Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 12 or the Technical Product Specification for that
board.
Note: There is no port Enable/Disable setup option if the onboard NIC is the Intel® C620 PCH Integrated 10
Gigabit Ethernet Controller.
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13. NIC1 Port1 MAC Address
14. NIC1 Port2 MAC Address
15. NIC1 Port3 MAC Address
16. NIC1 Port4 MAC Address
17. NIC 2 Port 1 MAC Address
18. NIC 2 Port 2 MAC Address
19. NIC 2 Port 3 MAC Address
20. NIC 2 Port 4 MAC Address
Value: <MAC address>
Help text: None
Comments: Information only. 12 hex digits of the MAC address of Port1-Port4 of the network controller
corresponding to NIC1 or NIC2.
This display appears only for ports that actually exist on the corresponding network
controller. If the network controller or port is disabled, the port MAC Address does not
appear.
Back to: NIC Configuration – PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
3.3.7.4 UEFI Network Stack
The UEFI Network Stack screen provides access to network devices while executing in the Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot services environment. This stack follows the UEFI Specification Version 2.3.1.
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2. IPv4 PXE Support
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable or Disable IPv4 PXE Support in the UEFI Network Stack.
Comments: This option is not accessible if UEFI Network Stack is disabled. Enabling IPv4 PXE support is
required to perform native UEFI PXE functionality.
Back to: UEFI Network Stack – PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
Note: The fields on the UEFI Option ROM Control screen do not support SysCfg changes with the /bcs
command and do not support Intel Integrator Tookit customization.
To identify each option ROM with the physical device’s location, the BIOS attaches the SlotID to them. The
SlotID is designed based on various products’ configuration which covers onboard devices, I/O modules,
storage modules, and riser slots. Table 2 defines how to translate the SlotID into the physical address.
Table 4. Slot ID and physical address
HII Name Expansion Type Subtype Slot
Bit location 12:10 9:8 7:4 3:0
No slots 00 - reserved 0 0 0
Internal slot 00 - reserved 1 0 = Internal slots 0:F = Slot number
External box slots 00 - reserved 1 1:F = External box number 0:F = Possible slots per box
IO Module 00 - reserved 2 0 = IO Module 0:F = IOM Number
Storage module 00 - reserved 2 1 = Storage module 0:F = Storage module number
Riser slot 00 - reserved 3 0:F = 16 possible risers 0:F = possible slots per riser
Figure 27 is an example for the UEFI Option ROM Control screen. The exact content changes according to the
system configuration.
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NIC Controller
NIC Card 1 Port1 OPROM Slot:0x0331
- IPV4
- VLAN
- IPV6
NIC Card 1 Port2 OPROM Slot: 0x0331
- IPV4
- VLAN
- IPV6
Fiber Channel
xxxxxx XXXxxxx xxGb FC Adaptor – xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Slot: 0x0332
xxxxxx XXXxxxx xxGb FC Adaptor – xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Slot: 0x0332
Storage Controller
Storage Card 1 OPROM Slot:0x0231
Others
OPROM Name Slot: 0xxxx
Note: This document does NOT describe configuration items brought by EFI PCI option ROMs as their
appearance depends on the PCI device vendor, which is out of the baseboard BIOS scope.
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lanes. The DMI lanes can also be strapped to operate in PCIe mode, which is displayed as PCIe Port 00. The
48 PCIe lanes are grouped as 3 x16 (Port1, Port2, and Port3). Port1, Port2, and Port3 can each be bifurcated
as 2 x8 or 4 x4 or any combination thereof, which is displayed as PCIe Port 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d and PCIe Port 3a,
3b, 3c, or 3d.
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CPU socket 1
PCIe Port 1a OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 1b OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 1c OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 1d OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2a OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2b OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2c OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2d OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3a OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3b OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3c OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3d OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
CPU socket 1
PCIe Port 1a OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 1b OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 1c OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 1d OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2a OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2b OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2c OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 2d OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3a OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3b OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3c OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 3d OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
PCIe Port 00 OpROM control Enabled / Disabled
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1. PCIe Port 1a/Port1b/Port1c/Port1d/Port 2a/Port 2b/Port 2c/Port 2d/
Port 3a/Port 3b/Port 3c/Port 3d/Port 00 OpROM Control
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable or Disable Oprom dispatching of the PCIe Devices on this Root
Port.
Comments: Disabling option ROM dispatching of the PCIe* devices on this root port saves the limited
memory space for PCIe option ROM.
Note: This field cannot support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. For Intel Integrator
Tookit tool, change the proper item based on real configuration.
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3.3.7.7 Processor PCIe* Link Speed
The Processor PCIe* Link Speed configuration screen configures the PCIe link speed of the processor IIO
PCIe root port and the PCIe devices connected to this port.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > PCI Configuration > Processor PCIe Link
Speed. Press the <Esc> key to return to the PCI Configuration screen.
The usage for these option is to select the target link speed as Gen1, Gen2, or Gen3 speed. The BIOS
currently only supports controlling the PCIe link off the IIO root ports and the design follows the IIO PCIe
Lane Partitioning rules, shown in Figure 28. The IIO supports 48 PCIe lanes and four DMI lanes. The DMI
lanes can also be strapped to operate in PCIe mode, which is displayed as PCIe Port 00. The 48 PCIe lanes
are grouped in three. Each port can be bifurcated as 2x8 or 4x4 or any combination thereof, which is
displayed as PCIe Ports 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d.
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1. Socket x, DMI
Value: Gen3(8GT/s)/Gen2 (5GT/s)/Gen1 (2.5GT/s)
Help Text: Allow for selecting target PCIe Link Speed as Gen1, Gen2 or Gen3.
Comments: DMI port supports Gen1, Gen 2, and Gen3 speed. This option is only available when there is
corresponding PCIe slot implemented on the specific board.
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2. Socket x, PCIe Port 1a
3. Socket x, PCIe Port 1b
4. Socket x, PCIe Port 1c
5. Socket x, PCIe Port 1d
6. Socket x, PCIe Port 2a
7. Socket x, PCIe Port 2b
8. Socket x, PCIe Port 2c
9. Socket x, PCIe Port 2d
10. Socket x, PCIe Port 3a
11. Socket x, PCIe Port 3b
12. Socket x, PCIe Port 3c
13. Socket x, PCIe Port 3d
Value: Gen3(8GT/s)/Gen2 (5GT/s)/Gen1 (2.5GT/s)
Help Text: Allow for selecting target PCIe Link Speed as Gen1, Gen2 or Gen3.
Comments: PCIe port support Gen1, Gen2 and Gen3 speed. Those options for PCIe ports are only
available when there is corresponding PCIe slot implemented on the specific board.
Back to: Processor PCIe* Link Speed – PCI Configuration – Advanced Screen – Screen map
3.3.7.8 Volume Management Device
Volume Management Device is enhanced feature to support NVMe* storage devices, it is responsible for
managing attached PCIe SSD device access and hotplug. It can also work with Intel RSTe to create a PCIe
SSD RAID volume.
To access this screen from the front page, select Advanced > PCI Configuration > Volume Management
Device. Press the <Esc> key to return to the PCI Configuration screen.
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Figure 32. Volume Management Device screen – Intel® Server Board S2600WF
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Figure 33. Volume Management Device screen – Intel® Server Board S2600ST
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Figure 34. Volume Management Device screen – Intel® Server Board S2600BP
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1. List of VMD Switches Based on SKU
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Table 5. VMD items for Intel® Server Board S2600WF
Card Type Riser1 Riser2
No riser Riser1, Slot1 Volume Management Device(CPU1, IOU1) Riser2, Slot1 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU2)
card or VMD Port 1A VMD Port 2A
2-slots riser VMD Port 1B VMD Port 2B
card VMD Port 1C VMD Port 2C
VMD Port 1D VMD Port 2D
Riser1, Slot2 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU1) Riser2, Slot2 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU1)
VMD Port 1C VMD Port 1A
VMD Port 1D VMD Port 1B
3-slots riser Riser1, Slot1 Volume Management Device(CPU1, IOU1) Riser2, Slot1 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU2)
card VMD Port 1A VMD Port 2A
VMD Port 1B VMD Port 2B
Riser1, Slot2 Volume Management Device(CPU1, IOU1) Riser2, Slot2 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU2)
VMD Port 1C VMD Port 2C
VMD Port 1D VMD Port 2D
Riser1, Slot3 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU1) Riser2, Slot3 Volume Management Device(CPU2, IOU1)
VMD Port 1C VMD Port 1A
VMD Port 1D VMD Port 1B
For Intel Server Board S2600ST, which is an Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT) SKU,
CPU1 OCuLink Volume Management Device (CPU1, IOU1) will be hidden. In addition, if an
Intel QAT cable is present, then both CPU1 OCuLink Volume Management Device (CPU1,
IOU1) and CPU1 OCuLink Volume Management Device (CPU1, IOU3) will be hidden.
For Intel Server Board S2600BP, support depends on the SKU. For the 1G SKU, Slot 1/2
VMD ports are both supported; on L and SFP+ SKUs, only Slot 2 VMD port is supported.
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2. VMD Port 1A
VMD Port 1B / VMD Port 1B (PCIe SSD0)
VMD Port 1C / VMD Port 1C (PCIe SSD0)
VMD Port 1D / VMD Port 1D (PCIe SSD1)
VMD Port 2A
VMD Port 2B
VMD Port 2C
VMD Port 2D
VMD Port 3A / VMD Port 3A (PCIe SSD2)
VMD Port 3B / VMD Port 3B (PCIe SSD3)
VMD Port 3C / VMD Port 3C (PCIe SSD0)
VMD Port 3D / VMD Port 3D (PCIe SSD1)
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable/Disable VMD on this port.
Comments: Enable or disable VMD support for corresponding PCIe root port, this option is show or hide
base on this SKU’s board design, only capable root port have visible option.
Note: For detailed setup items per SKU, see the figures in section 3.3.7.8.
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3. Serial A Enable
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable or Disable Serial port A.
Comments: Serial port A can be used for either Serial Over LAN or Serial Console Redirection.
Back to: Serial Port Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
4. Serial A Address
Value: 3F8h/2F8h/3E8h/2E8h
Help Text: Select Serial port A base I/O address.
Comments: Legacy I/O port address. This field does not appear when Serial A port enable/disable does
not appear.
Note: The Serial A Address and Serial B Address cannot be set to the same value.
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5. Serial A IRQ
Value: 3/4
Help Text: Select Serial port A interrupt request (IRQ) line.
Comments: Legacy interrupt request (IRQ). This field does not appear when Serial A port enable/disable
does not appear. It is gray because AST2500 UART IRQ is fixed under ESPI mode, and such
option will not support Intel Integrator Toolkit on the Intel Server Board S2600 family.
Back to: Serial Port Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
6. Serial B Enable
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable or Disable Serial port B.
Comments: Serial port B can be used for Serial Console Redirection.
Back to: Serial Port Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
7. Serial B Address
Value: 3F8h/2F8h/3E8h/2E8h
Help Text: Select Serial port B base I/O address. This field will not appear
when Serial B port enable/disable does not appear.
Comments: Legacy I/O port address.
Note: The Serial A Address and Serial B Address cannot be set to the same value.
8. Serial B IRQ
Value: 3/4
Help Text: Select Serial port B interrupt request (IRQ) line. This field will
not appear when Serial B port enable/disable does not appear.
Comments: Legacy interrupt request (IRQ). It is gray because AST2500 UART IRQ is fixed under ESPI
mode, and such option will not support Intel Integrator Toolkit on the Intel Server Board
S2600 family.
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Note: USB devices can be hot plugged during POST, and are detected, enumerated, and work under OS
environment. They are NOT displayed on this screen or enumerated as bootable devices.
USB Configuration
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1. Detected USB Devices
Value: <Number of USB devices detected in system>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays the total number of USB devices of all types which have been
detected in POST.
Note: There is one USB keyboard and one USB mice detected from the BMC KVM function
under this item even if no USB devices are connected to the system.
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5. Device Reset Timeout
Value: 10 seconds/20 seconds/30 seconds/40 seconds
Help Text: USB Mass Storage device Start Unit command timeout.
Setting to a larger value provides more time for a mass storage
device to be ready, if needed.
Comments: If the USB controller setting is disabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
Back to: USB Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
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Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, Set Fan Profile should get from BMC via IPMI but
not from BIOS variable via /bcs. This option is required to support Intel Integrator Toolkit.
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2. Fan PWM Offset
Value: [Entry Field 0-100, 0 is default]
Help Text: Valid Offset 0-100. This number is added to the calculated PWM value
to increase Fan Speed.
Comments: This is a percentage by which the calculated fan speed is increased. Apply a positive offset
that results in increasing the minimum fan speeds.
This PWM offset setting is specified through the BIOS setup utility and is applicable to both
Intel® server chassis and non-Intel chassis; however the BMC firmware is the owner of the
PWM offset setting. At each system boot, BIOS queries the BMC for the current PWM offset
setting and displays this in the BIOS setup utility. Changes to the BIOS setting for the PWM
offset cause the BIOS to send the new setting to the BMC.
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, Set Fan Profile should get from BMC via IPMI but
not from BIOS variable via /bcs. This option does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit.
Back to: System Acoustic and Performance Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, Set Fan Profile should get from BMC via IPMI but
not from BIOS variable via /bcs. This option does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit.
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Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, Set Fan Profile should get from BMC via IPMI but
not from BIOS variable via /bcs. This option does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit.
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5. Fan UCC
Value: [Entry Field 70-100, 100 is default]
Help Text: Max domain PWM. BIOS valid range 70-100. This set the absolute
maximum fan PWM for the domain.
Comments: On each boot, the BIOS reads the value from the BMC as the BMC owns the policy. At one
system, there are several fan domains. This item is not for a specific domain or individual
domain. It is for total domain. Changing the value at setup causes the BIOS to send the value
to the BMC immediately. If the BMC has no response when reading, BIOS hides this item.
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, Set Fan Profile should get from BMC via IPMI but
not from BIOS variable via /bcs. This option does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit.
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FPGA Configuration
2. Socket 0 FPGA
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: None
Comments: Enable/disabled the FPGA device on socket 0.
Back to: FPGA Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
3. Socket 0 BitStream
Value: Auto/SKX_PO_BBS/None
Help Text: None
Comments: Select the BBS for the FPGA device. Use this option to not load the built-in BBS in the image
and load a custom image after boot.
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4. Socket 1 FPGA BBS ID
Value: <BBS Version ID>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays current blue bit stream (BBS) ID loaded in the FPGA device.
Back to: FPGA Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
5. Socket 1 FPGA
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: None
Comments: Enable/disabled the FPGA device on socket 1.
Back to: FPGA Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
6. Socket 1 BitStream
Value: Auto/SKX_PO_BBS/None
Help Text: None
Comments: Select the BBS for the FPGA device. Use this option to not load the built-in BBS in the image
and load a custom image after boot.
Back to: FPGA Configuration– Advanced Screen – Screen map
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Security
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1. Administrator Password Status
Value: <Installed/Not Installed>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. Indicates the status of the administrator password.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg display with the /bcs command.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg display with the /bcs command.
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For full details on BIOS password protection, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS
EPS section 9.1.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bap command can be used to set the administrator password.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bap command can be used to set the user password.
5. Power On Password
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable Power On Password support. If enabled, password entry is
required in order to boot the system.
Comments: When Power On Password security is enabled, the system halts soon after power-on and the
BIOS asks for a password before continuing POST and booting. Either the administrator or
user password may be used.
If an administrator password has not been set, this option is grayed out and unavailable.
Removing the administrator password also disables this option.
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6. Front Panel Lockout
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: If enabled, locks the power button OFF function and the reset and NMI
Diagnostic Interrupt buttons on the system’s front panel. If
[Enabled] is selected, power-off and reset must be controlled via a
system management interface, and the NMI Diagnostic Interrupt is not
available.
Comments: None
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8. TPM2 Operation
Value: No Action/TPM2 ClearControl(NO) + Clear
Help Text: Select one of the supported operation to change TPM2 state.
Comments: Any TPM2 operation selected requires the system to perform a hard reset to become
effective. For information about TPM support, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family
BIOS EPS section 9.2.
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9. PCR Bank : SHA1
Value: [Checkbox]
Help Text: TCG2 Request PCR Bank SHA1.
Comments: Use checkbox to select the TPM active PRC bank. Any TPM2 Operation selected will require
the system to perform a hard reset to become effective. For information about TPM support,
refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 9.2.
Back to: Security Screen– Screen map
Note: TPM2 Operation, PCR Bank : SHA1 and PCR Bank : SHA256 appear only on boards equipped with a
TPM. See Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 11 for Product-Specific Information about TPM
availability.
Note: TPM2 Operation, PCR Bank : SHA1 and PCR Bank : SHA256 options do not support BIOS
customization utilities (Syscfg or Intel Integrator Toolkit). This can only be changed within the setup menus
of the target system.
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Server Management
► Console Redirection
► System Information
► BMC LAN Configuration
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1. Assert NMI on SERR
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: On SERR, generate an NMI and log an error.
Note: [Enabled] must be selected for the Assert NMI on PERR setup
option to be visible.
Comments: This option allows the system to generate a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) when a system
error (SERR) occurs, which is a method legacy operating system error handlers may use
instead of processing a machine check.
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5. PCIe Correctable Error Threshold
Value: 0/5/10/20
Help Text: Threshold value for logging Correctable Errors (CE) – Threshold of
20/10/5 logs 20th/10th/5th CE, "0"(default) logs every CE.
Comments: Specifies how many Correctable Errors must occur before triggering the logging of a SEL
Correctable Error Event. Only the first threshold crossing is logged, unless 0 is selected
which causes every CE that occurs to be logged.
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6. WHEA Support
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: [Enabled] – WHEA (Windows Hardware Error Architecture) is enabled.
[Disabled] –WHEA is disabled.
Comments: This option allows enabling or disabling of Windows* Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
Back to: Server Management Screen– Screen map
7. Reset on CATERR
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: When enabled system gets reset upon encountering Catastrophic Error
(CATERR); when disabled system does not get reset on CATERR.
Comments: This option controls whether the system is reset when the catastrophic error CATERR#
signal is held asserted, rather than just pulsed to generate a system management interrupt
(SMI). This indicates that the processor has encountered a fatal hardware error.
Note: If this option is disabled, this can result in a system hang for certain error conditions,
possibly with the system unable to update the system status LED or log an error to the SEL
before hanging.
8. Reset on ERR2
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: When enabled system gets reset upon encountering ERR2 (Fatal error);
when disabled system does not get reset on ERR2.
Comments: This option controls whether the system is reset if the BMC’s ERR2 monitor times out
meaning that the ERR2 signal has been continuously asserted long enough to indicate that
the SMI handler is not able to service the condition.
Note: If this option is disabled, this can result in a system hang for certain error conditions,
possibly with the system unable to update the system status LED or log an error to the SEL
before hanging.
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9. Resume on AC Power Loss
Value: Stay Off/Last State/Power On
Help Text: System action to take on AC power loss recovery.
[Stay Off] – System stays off.
[Last State] – System returns to the same state before the AC power
loss.
[Power On] – System powers on.
Comments: This option controls the policy that the BMC follows when AC power is restored after an
unexpected power outage. The BMC either holds DC power-off or always turns it on to boot
the system, depending on this setting. If this option is set to Last State, the behavior
depends on whether the power was on and the system was running before the AC power
went off.
When this setting is changed in setup, the new setting is sent to the BMC. However, the BMC
maintains (owns) this power restore policy setting, and it can be changed independently with
an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) command to the BMC. The BIOS gets
this setting from the BMC early in POST, and also for the Setup Server Management screen.
Note: The system automatically powers on after doing a CMOS clear when AC is applied
because this option does not take effect in this situation.
Note: For Syscfg, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not from BIOS variable via
/bcs.
Note: This option applies only to powering on when AC is applied. It has no effect on
powering the system up using the power button on the front panel. A DC power-on using
the power button is not delayed.
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not
from BIOS variable via /bcs.
For additional information about BIOS/BMC power control, refer to Intel® Server Board
S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 7.1.3.
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Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not
from BIOS variable via /bcs.
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13. FRB-2 Enable
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Fault Resilient Boot (FRB).
The BIOS programs the BMC watchdog timer for approximately 6 minutes.
If the BIOS does not complete POST before the timer expires, the BMC
will reset the system.
Comments: This option controls whether the system is reset if the BMC watchdog timer detects what
appears to be a hang during POST. When the BMC watchdog timer is purposed as a fault
resistant booting level 2 (FRB-2) timer, it is initially set to allow six minutes for POST to
complete.
However, the FRB-2 timer is suspended during times when some lengthy operations are in
progress, like executing option ROMS, during setup, and when the BIOS is waiting for a
password or for an input to the BBS Boot Menu. The FRB-2 timer is also suspended while
POST is paused with the <Pause> key.
For more information on FRB-2 timer operation, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family
BIOS EPS sections 3.17.4, 6.1.1.1, and 10.5.1.1.
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15. OS Boot Watchdog Timer Policy
Value: Power off/Reset
Help Text: If the OS watchdog timer is enabled, this is the system action taken
if the watchdog timer expires.
[Reset] – System performs a reset.
[Power Off] – System powers off.
Comments: This option is grayed out and unavailable when the OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.
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Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not
from BIOS variable via /bcs.
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19. Console Redirection
Value: None
Help Text: View/Configure Console Redirection information and settings.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Console Redirection settings, see section 3.5.1.
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Console Redirection
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not
from BIOS variable via /bcs. This field does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit
customization.
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2. SOL for Baseboard Mgmt2
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable/disable Serial Over LAN feature for Baseboard Management Lan
2. [Advance>Serial Port Configuration>Serial A Enable] needs be
enable before enabling this option.
Comments: None
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not
from BIOS variable via /bcs. This field does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit
customization.
Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, this setting should get from BMC via IPMI but not
from BIOS variable via /bcs. This field does not support Intel Integrator Toolkit
customization.
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4. Console Redirection
Value: Disabled/Serial Port A/Serial Port B
Help Text: Console redirection allows a serial port to be used for server
management tasks.
[Disabled] – No console redirection.
[Serial Port A/B] – Configure serial port A for console redirection.
Enabling this option will disable display of the Quiet Boot logo
screen during POST. [Advanced > Serial Port Configuration > Serial
A/B Enable] needs be enabled before enabling this option.
Comments: Serial console redirection can use either Serial Port A or Serial Port B. Note that SOL is only
supported through Serial Port A.
If console redirection is set to Disabled, all other options on this screen are grayed out and
unavailable.
Only serial ports that are enabled are available to choose for console redirection. If Serial A
is not set to Enabled, then the Console Redirection setting is disabled and grayed out as
inactive. In that case, all other options on this screen are also grayed out.
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5. Flow Control
Value: None/(RTS/CTS)
Help Text: Flow control is the handshake protocol.
This setting must match the remote terminal application.
[None] – Configure for no flow control.
[RTS/CTS] – Configure for hardware flow control.
Comments: Flow control is necessary only when there is a possibility of data overrun. In that case, the
Request to Send/Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) hardware handshake is a relatively conservative
protocol which can usually be configured at both ends.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option is grayed out and unavailable.
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6. Baud Rate
Value: 9.6k/19.2k/38.4k/57.6k/115.2k
Help Text: Serial port transmission speed. This setting must match the remote
terminal application.
Comments: In most modern server management applications, serial data transfer is consolidated over
an alternative faster medium like LAN, and 115.2k is the speed of choice.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option is grayed out and unavailable.
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7. Terminal Type
Value: PC-ANSI/VT100/VT100+/VT-UTF8
Help Text: Character formatting used for console redirection. This setting must
match the remote terminal application.
Comments: The VT100 and VT100+ terminal emulations are essentially the same. VT-UTF8 is a UTF8
encoding of VT100+. PC-ANSI is the native character encoding used by PC-compatible
applications and emulators. For more information about character encoding, refer to Intel®
Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 7.4.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option is grayed out and unavailable.
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8. Legacy OS Redirection
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: This option enables legacy OS redirection (i.e., DOS) on serial port.
If it is enabled, the associated serial port is hidden from the
legacy OS.
Comments: Operating systems that are redirection-aware implement their own console redirection
mechanisms. For a legacy OS which is not aware, this option allows the BIOS to handle
redirection.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option is grayed out and unavailable.
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9. Terminal Resolution
Value: 80x24/100x31
Help Text: Remote Terminal Resolution
Comments: This option allows the use of a larger terminal screen area, although it does not change
setup displays to match.
When Console Redirection is set to Disabled, this option is grayed out and unavailable.
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3. System Part Number
Value: <System part number>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only.
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7. Asset Tag
Value: <Asset tag>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only.
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8. BMC Status
Value: <Current BMC status>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. This option indicates the BMC status – functional or failed.
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10. ME Status
Value: <Current Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME) status>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. This option indicates the Intel ME status – functional or failed.
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13. UUID
Value: <Universally unique identifier (UUID)>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only.
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Note: If Syscfg/Sysinfo support is needed, all settings under BMC LAN Configuration should get from BMC via
IPMI but not from BIOS variable via /bcs. The fields on this screen do not support Intel Integrator Toolkit
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► User Configuration
1. User Configuration
Value: None
Help Text: View/Configure User information and settings of the BMC.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on User Configuration settings, see section 3.5.3.1.
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2. IP Source
Value: Static/Dynamic
Help Text: Select BMC IP Source. If [Static], IP parameters may be edited. If
[Dynamic], these fields are display-only and IP address is acquired
automatically (DHCP).
Comments: This specifies the IP source for IPv4 addressing for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate
IP Source field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC, and its
setting determines whether the other baseboard LAN IPv4 addressing fields are display-only
(when Dynamic) or can be edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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3. IP Address
Value: [Entry Field 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit IP Address. Press <Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv4 address for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate IPv4 Address field
for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be
edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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4. Subnet Mask
Value: [Entry Field 255.255.255.0, 255.255.255.0 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit Subnet Mask. Press <Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv4 addressing subnet mask for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate
IPv4 Subnet Mask field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
If IP Source is Static, the default value of Subnet Mask is 0.0.0.0. If cable is connected, and IP
Source has been set to be Dynamic, the default value of Subnet Mask which comes from
BMC should be 255.255.255.0.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be
edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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5. Gateway IP
Value: [Entry Field 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit Gateway IP. Press <Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv4 addressing gateway IP for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate
IPv4 Gateway IP field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be
edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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6. IPv6
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Option to Enable/Disable IPv6 addressing and any IPv6 network traffic
on these channels.
Comments: The initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. It may be changed to switch between
IPv4 and IPv6 addressing technologies.
If this option is set to Disabled, all other IPv6 fields are not visible for the baseboard LAN.
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, all IPv6 fields for the baseboard LAN become visible and
all IPv4 fields are grayed out and inactive.
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7. IPv6 Source
Value: Static/Dynamic
Help Text: Select BMC IPv6 source. If [Static], IPv6 parameters may be edited.
If [Dynamic], these fields are display-only and IPv6 address is
acquired automatically (DHCP).
Comments: This specifies the IP source for IPv6 addressing for the baseboard LAN configuration. There
is a separate IPv6 Source field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
This option is only visible when the IPv6 option is set to Enabled.
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC,
and its setting determines whether the other baseboard LAN IPv6 addressing fields are
display-only (when Dynamic or Auto) or can be edited (when Static).
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8. IPv6 Address
Value: [Entry Field 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000,
0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit IPv6 address. Press <Enter> to edit. IPv6 addresses consist
of 8 hexadecimal 4-digit numbers separated by colons.
Comments: This specifies the IPv6 address for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate IPv6 Address field
for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
This option is only visible when the IPv6 option is set to Enabled.
When IPv6 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IPv6 Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic or Auto) or
can be edited (when Static).
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9. Gateway IPv6
Value: [Entry Field 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000,
0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit Gateway IPv6 address. Press <Enter> to edit. Gateway IPv6
addresses consist of 8 hexadecimal 4-digit numbers separated by
colons.
Comments: This specifies the gateway IPv6 address for the baseboard LAN. There is a separate Gateway
IPv6 address field for the dedicated management LAN configuration.
This option is only visible when the IPv6 option is set to Enabled.
When IPv6 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IPv6 Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic or Auto) or
can be edited (when Static).
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11. Remote Management Module
Value: <Not Present/Present>
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. Displays whether a dedicated management LAN component is currently
installed. This information may come from querying the BMC.
When the Management Module is Not Present at all, the fields for Dedicated Management
LAN Configuration will not be visible.
When IPv6 is Disabled, the IPv4 configuration fields are visible and the IPv6 configuration
fields are not be visible. When IPv6 is Enabled, the IPv4 fields are grayed out and inactive,
while the IPv6 Configuration fields are visible.
In either case, the Dedicated Management Lan section IP Source or IPv6 Source determine
whether the IPv4 or IPv6 address fields are display-only or can be edited.
Note: The Remote Management Module field only displays the Intel RMM4 Lite module
status.
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12. IP Source
Value: Static/Dynamic
Help Text: Select Dedicated Management LAN IP source. If [Static], IP parameters
may be edited. If [Dynamic], these fields are display-only and IP
address is acquired automatically (DHCP).
Comments: This specifies the IP source for IPv4 addressing for the DMN LAN connection. There is a
separate IP Source field for the baseboard LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC, and its
setting determines whether the other DMN LAN IPv4 addressing fields are display-only
(when Dynamic) or can be edited (when Static).
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13. IP Address
Value: [Entry Field 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit IP Address. Press <Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv4 address for the DMN LAN. There is a separate IPv4 Address field for
the baseboard LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be
edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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14. Subnet Mask
Value: [Entry Field 255.255.255.0, 255.255.255.0 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit Subnet Mask. Press <Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv4 addressing subnet mask for the DMN LAN. There is a separate IPv4
Subnet Mask field for the baseboard LAN configuration.
If IP Source is Static, the default value of Subnet Mask is 0.0.0.0. If cable is connected, and IP
Source has been set to be Dynamic, the default value of Subnet Mask which comes from
BMC should be 255.255.255.0 .
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be
edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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15. Gateway IP
Value: [Entry Field 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit Gateway IP. Press <Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv4 addressing gateway IP for the DMN LAN. There is a separate IPv4
Gateway IP field for the baseboard LAN configuration.
When IPv4 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IP Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic) or can be
edited (when Static).
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, this field is grayed out and inactive.
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17. IPv6 Source
Value: Static/Dynamic
Help Text: Select DMN LAN IPv6 source. If [Static], IPv6 parameters may be
edited. If [Dynamic], these fields are display-only and IPv6 address
is acquired automatically (DHCP).
Comments: This specifies the IP source for IPv6 addressing for the DMN LAN configuration. There is a
separate IPv6 Source field for the baseboard LAN configuration.
This option is only visible when the IPv6 option is set to Enabled.
When IPv6 addressing is enabled, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC,
and its setting determines whether the other DMN LAN IPv6 addressing fields are display-
only (when Dynamic or Auto) or can be edited (when Static).
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20. IPv6 Prefix Length
Value: [Entry Field 0-128, 64 is default]
Help Text: View/Edit IPv6 Prefix Length from 0 to 128 (default 64). Press
<Enter> to edit.
Comments: This specifies the IPv6 prefix length for the DMN LAN. There is a separate IPv6 Prefix Length
field for the baseboard LAN configuration.
This option is only visible when the IPv6 option is set to Enabled.
When IPv6 addressing is used, the initial value for this field is acquired from the BMC. The
IPv6 Source setting determines whether this field is display-only (when Dynamic or Auto) or
can be edited (when Static).
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3.5.3.1 User Configuration
The User Configuration screen manages BMC user settings for up to five BMC users.
To access this screen from the front page, select Server Management > BMC LAN Configuration > User
Configuration. Press the <Esc> key to return to the BMC LAN Configuration screen.
User Configuration
User ID anonymous
Privilege Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/No Access
User Status Enabled/Disabled
User Password
User ID User2
Privilege Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/No Access
User Status Enabled/Disabled
User Name [User Name display/edit]
User Password
User ID User3
Privilege Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/No Access
User Status Enabled/Disabled
User Name [User Name display/edit]
User Password
User ID User4
Privilege Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/No Access
User Status Enabled/Disabled
User Name [User Name display/edit]
User Password
User ID User5
Privilege Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/No Access
User Status Enabled/Disabled
User Name [User Name display/edit]
User Password
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1. User ID
Value: anonymous/User2/User3/User4/User5
Help Text: None
Comments: Information only. These five user IDs are fixed and cannot be changed. The BMC supports 15
user IDs natively but only the first five are supported through this interface.
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2. Privilege
Value: Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/No Access
Help Text: View/Select user privilege. User2 (root) privilege is "Administrator"
and cannot be changed. The default privilege of User3 is User.
Comments: The level of privilege that is assigned for a user ID affects which functions that user may
perform.
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3. User Status
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: Enable/Disable LAN access for selected user. Also enables/disables
SOL, KVM, and media redirection.
Comments: Note that the default status setting is Disabled.
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4. User Name
Value: [Entry Field, 1-16 characters]
Help Text: Press <Enter> to edit User Name. User Name is a string of 1 to 16
alphanumeric characters, and must begin with an alphabetic character.
User Name cannot be changed for User1 (anonymous) and User2 (root).
Comments: The User Name field can only be edited for user IDs other than anonymous. The user names
for user ID 1 cannot be changed and is always null/blank. With the condition that user
names are unique, no other users can be named null or any other existing user name.
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5. User Password
Value: [Popup Entry Field, 0-20 characters]
Help Text: Press <Enter> key to enter password. Maximum length is 20 characters.
Any ASCII printable characters can be used: case-sensitive
alphabetic, numeric, and special characters.
Note: Password entered will override any previously set password.
Comments: This field does not indicate whether there is a password set already. There is no display;
press <Enter> to open a popup with an entry field to enter a new password. Any new
password overrides the previous password, if there was one.
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Note: USB devices can be “hotplugged” during POST and are detected and “beeped”. They are enumerated
and displayed on the USB Configuration Setup screen. However, they may not be enumerated as bootable
devices, depending on when in POST they were hotplugged. If they were recognized before the enumeration
of bootable devices, they appear as boot devices, if appropriate. If they were recognized after the
enumeration, they do not appear as a bootable device on the Boot Maintenance Manager screen, the Boot
Manager screen, or the Boot Menu.
There are two main types of boot order control – legacy boot and UEFI boot. These are mutually exclusive;
when UEFI boot is enabled, legacy boot (the default) is disabled. Within legacy boot operation, there are two
further methods of ordering boot devices – dynamic boot order and static boot order. For more information
on these different boot option methods, refer to Intel® Server Board S7200AP Family BIOS EPS section 6.1.
The default for boot order control is legacy boot with dynamic boot order. If all types of bootable devices are
installed in the system, then the default boot order is as follows:
• Legacy CD/DVD-ROM
• Legacy Floppy Disk Drive
• Legacy Hard Disk Drive
• Legacy PXE Network Device
• Legacy Boot Entry Vector (BEV) Device
• EFI Shell and EFI Boot paths
In this default boot order, a USB device may appear in any of several device classes, due to the flexibility of
USB connections and USB emulation of various types of devices.
Note: A USB key (flash drive) can be formatted to emulate either a floppy drive or a hard drive and appears in
that boot device class. Although it can be formatted as a CDROM drive, it is not detected as such and is
treated as a hard disk appearing in the list of available hard drives.
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Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
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3. Legacy Hard Disk Order
Value: None
Help Text: Set the order of the legacy devices in this group.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Legacy Hard Disk Order settings, see section 3.6.3.
This option appears when one or more bootable hard disk drives are available in the system
and the Boot Mode options is set as Legacy. This includes USB hard disk devices and USB
keys formatted for hard disk or CDROM emulation.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
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6. Legacy BEV Device Order
Value: None
Help Text: Set the order of the legacy devices in this group.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Legacy DEV Device Order, see section 3.6.6.
This option appears when one or more bootable BEV devices are available in the system and
the Boot Mode options is set as Legacy.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
Note: For the boot option added by BIOS BDS, it can be deleted in this menu, and it can be
added into end of boot order again in next BIOS POST.
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9. Change Boot Order
Value: None
Help Text: Set the Boot Order in this group.
Comments: Selection only. For more information on Change Boot Order settings, see section 3.6.9.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order. This field does not
support Intel Integrator Toolkit customization.
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2. Early System Boot Timeout
Value: [Entry Field 0-65535, 0 is default]
Help Text: The number of seconds the BIOS will pause before Option ROMs are
dispatched.
Valid values are 0-65535. Zero is the default. A value of 65535
causes the system to go to the Boot Manager menu and wait for user
input for every system boot.
Comments: After entering the desired timeout in seconds, press the <Enter> key to register that timeout
value to the system. The timeout value takes effect on the next boot.
This timeout value is independent of the FRB-2 setting for BIOS boot failure protection. The
FBR-2 countdown is suspended during the time that the boot timeout countdown is active.
Also, the BIOS cannot support any key that is pressed during the time that the Early Boot
Timeout is active because the keyboard service is still not active.
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3. Boot Mode
Value: UEFI/Legacy
Help Text: When Boot Mode is Legacy, the BIOS only loads modules required for
booting Legacy Operating Systems.
When Boot Mode is UEFI, the BIOS only loads modules required for
booting UEFI-aware Operating Systems.
Comments: When Boot Mode is Legacy, only Legacy Option ROMs and Legacy OS Boot are supported;
UEFI option ROMs and UEFI OS Boot are not supported.
When Boot Mode is UEFI, Only UEFI option ROMs and UEFI OS boot are supported; Legacy
option ROMs and Legacy OS Boot are not supported.
Note: For Intel® Server Board S2600BT, UEFI is the only available boot mode. Legacy mode
is greyed out and not an option.
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4. Video BIOS
Value: UEFI/Legacy
Help Text: If Video BIOS is Legacy, the BIOS uses the legacy video ROM instead
of the EFI video ROM when Boot Mode is UEFI.
Comments: This option appears only when Boot Mode option is set as UEFI. The default – UEFI – is to
use UEFI Graphic Output Protocol (GOP); if it is Legacy, legacy video ROM is used.
If Boot Mode changes to Legacy, Video BIOS changes to Legacy and is hidden automatically.
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5. Boot Option Retry
Value: Enabled/Disabled
Help Text: If enabled, this continually retries non-EFI-based boot options
without waiting for user input.
Comments: This option is intended to keep retrying in cases where the boot devices are initially slow to
respond, such as if the devices are asleep and do not wake quickly enough. However, if none
of the devices in the boot order ever responds, the BIOS continues to reboot indefinitely.
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8. Reset Static Boot Order
Value: Yes/No Action
Help Text: [Yes] Take snapshot of current boot order to save as Static Boot
Order Template.
Comments: This option appears only when the Boot Mode option is set as Legacy. This option saves the
boot order list as the SBO template without disabling and re-enabling the Static Boot Order
option.
Select Yes to snapshot the current boot options list into the SBO list on the next boot. After
saving the SBO list, this option changes back to No Action automatically.
This option is available only when the Static Boot Order option is enabled. Otherwise it is
grayed out and unavailable.
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3.6.1.1 Secure Boot Configuration
The Secure Boot Configuration screen configures UEFI secure boot.
To access this screen from the front page, select Boot Maintenance Manager > Advanced Boot Options >
Secure Boot Configuration. Press the <Esc> key to return to the Advanced Boot Options screen.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg display with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /d sboot commands can be used to show current secure boot status.
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2. Attempt Secure Boot
Value: Disabled/Enabled
Help Text: [Enabled] - Enable the Secure Boot feature after platform reset.
[Disabled] - Disable the Secure Boot feature after platform reset.
Comments: Secure Boot related keys (PK, KEK, db, and dbx) are required in order to enable UEFI secure
boot feature. During platform reset after this option is turned to Enabled. BIOS will provision
the default keys automatically if the corresponding key is not present.
Notes:
This option is protected by BIOS administrator password as basic security level. More
advanced security level requires that platform physical presence policy needs to be applied
in order to change secure boot feature control option. Therefore, Current Secure Boot State
will not be always changed successfully after platform reset if the advanced security check
fails.
For Syscfg related support, Secure Boot just supports proprietary solution defined in utility
SysConfig EPS. The user can use SysCfg /sboot to attempt to change current secure boot
enable or disable status; the BIOS does not support other commands for general setup
options, such as /s or /bcs command.
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Note: A USB attached CDROM device appears in this section. However, a USB key formatted as a CRDOM
device does not; it is detected as a hard disk device and included in the Hard Disk Order screen.
To access this screen from the front page, select Boot Maintenance Manager > Legacy CDROM Order. Press
the <Esc> key to return to the Boot Maintenance Manager screen.
1. CDROM #1
2. CDROM #2
Value: <Available CDROM devices>
Help Text: Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position.
Comments: Choose the order of booting among CDROM devices by choosing which available CDROM
device should be in each position in the order.
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Note: The BCV devices that are storage devices are also grouped in the Legacy Hard Disk Order screen.
1. Hard Disk #1
2. Hard Disk #2
Value: <Available hard disk devices>
Help Text: Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position.
Comments: Choose the order of booting among hard disk devices by choosing which available hard disk
device should be in each position in the order.
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1. Floppy Disk #1
2. Floppy Disk #2
Value: <Available floppy disk devices>
Help Text: Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position.
Comments: Choose the order of booting among floppy disk devices by choosing which available floppy
disk device should be in each position in the order.
Back to: Legacy Floppy Order – Boot Maintenance Manager Screen – Screen map
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1. Network Device #1
2. Network Device #2
Value: <Available bootable network devices>
Help Text: Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position.
Comments: Choose the order of booting among network devices by choosing which available network
device should be in each position in the order.
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1. BEV Device #1
2. BEV Device #2
Value: <Available BEV devices>
Help Text: Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position.
Comments: Choose the order of booting among BEV devices by choosing which available BEV device
should be in each position in the order.
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Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order.
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2. <Boot device #1>
3. <Boot device #2>
4. <Boot device #n>
Value: None
Help Text: Select this option to boot now.
Note: This list is not the system boot option order. Use the Boot
Maintenance Manager menu to view and configure the system boot option
order.
Comments: These are names of bootable devices discovered in the system. The system user can choose
any of them from which to initiate a one-time boot; booting from any device in this list does
not permanently affect the defined system boot order.
These bootable devices are not displayed in any specified order, particularly not in the
system boot order established by the Boot Maintenance Manager screen. This is just a list of
bootable devices in the order in which they were enumerated.
Note: This field does not support Syscfg changes with the /bcs command. However, the
Syscfg /bbo or /bbosys commands can be used to set boot order.
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Error Manager
1. ERROR CODE
Value: <POST error code>
Help Text: N/A
Comments: The POST error code is a BIOS-originated error that occurred during POST initialization. For
more information on POST error codes, refer to Intel® Server Board S7200AP Family BIOS
EPS section 10.11.5.
Back to: Error Manager Screen – Screen map
2. SEVERITY
Value: Minor/Major/Fatal
Help Text: N/A
Comments: Each POST error code has a severity associated with it. For more information on POST error
codes, refer to Intel® Server Board S2600 Family BIOS EPS section 10.13.5.
Back to: Error Manager Screen – Screen map
3. INSTANCE
Value: <Depends on error code>
Help Text: N/A
Comments: Where applicable, this field shows a value indicating which one of a group of components
was responsible for generating the POST error code that is being reported.
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2. Discard Changes and Exit
Value: None
Help Text: Exit BIOS Setup Utility without saving changes.
Comments: Selection only. Select this line and press the <Enter> key to exit setup without saving any
changes in BIOS settings. If there have been no changes made in the settings, the BIOS
resumes executing POST.
If changes have been made in BIOS settings, a confirmation pop-up appears. If the Discard
Changes and Exit action is positively confirmed, all pending changes are discarded and the
BIOS resumes executing POST. If the Discard Changes and Exit action is not confirmed, the
BIOS resumes executing setup without discarding any changes.
Back to: Save & Exit Screen – Screen map
3. Save Changes
Value: None
Help Text: Save Changes made so far to any of the setup options.
Comments: Selection only. Select this line and press the <Enter> key to save any pending changes in
BIOS settings. If there have been no changes made in the settings, the BIOS resumes
executing POST.
Most changes require a reboot to become active. If changes have been made and saved
without exiting setup, the system should be rebooted later even if no additional changes are
made.
Back to: Save & Exit Screen – Screen map
4. Discard Changes
Value: None
Help Text: Discard Changes made so far to any of the setup options.
Comments: Selection only. Select this line and press the <Enter> key to discard any pending unsaved
changes in BIOS settings. If there have been no changes made in the settings, the BIOS
resumes executing POST.
If changes have been made in BIOS settings and not yet saved, a confirmation pop-up
appears. If the Discard Changes action is positively confirmed, all pending changes are
discarded and the BIOS resumes executing POST. If the Discard Changes action is not
confirmed, the BIOS resumes executing setup without discarding pending changes.
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5. Load Default Values
Value: None
Help Text: Load Defaults Values for all the setup options.
Comments: Selection only. Select this line and press the <Enter> key to load default values for all BIOS
settings. These are the initial factory settings (“failsafe” settings) for all BIOS parameters.
After initializing all BIOS settings to default values, the BIOS resumes executing setup, so
that additional changes to BIOS settings may be made if necessary (for example, boot order)
before doing a Save Changes and Exit action with a reboot to make the default settings take
effect, including any changes made after loading the defaults.
The <F9> function key may also be used from any screen in setup to initiate a Load Default
Values action.
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Appendix A. Glossary
Term Definition
16-bit legacy The traditional personal computer environment. Includes legacy Option ROMs and legacy 16-bit code.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. ACPI is an open industry specification proposed by Intel, Microsoft
and Toshiba. ACPI enables and supports reliable power management through improved hardware and OS
coordination.
AER Advanced Error Reporting
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface, a USB controller standard
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. An 8-level code (7 bits plus parity check) widely used in
data processing and data communications systems
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment, a disk interface standard
BAR Base Address Register. Device configuration registers that define the start address, length and type of memory
space required by a device.
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BMC Baseboard Management Controller
BSP Bootstrap processor. The processor selected at boot time to be the primary processor in a multi-processor
system.
CATERR# Catastrophic Error Signal
CD Compact Disk
CE Correctable Error
CMCI Corrected Machine Check Interrupt
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
COM1 Communication Port 1, serial port 1
COM2 Communication Port 2, serial port 2
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module, a plug-in memory module with signal and power pins on both sides of the internal
printed circuit board (front and back).
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMAR DMA Resource
DR Dual Rank – memory DIMM organization, DRAMs organized in two ranks
ECC Error Correction Code. Refers to a memory system that has extra bit(s) to support limited detection/correction of
memory errors.
EFI Extensible Firmware Interface (see also UEFI)
EPS External Product Specification
FRB Fault Resilient Booting
Gb Gigabit, 1,073,741,824 bits – lowercase “b” distinguishes “bits” from uppercase “B” for “bytes”
GbE Gigabit Ethernet, an Ethernet connection operating at gigabit/second speed
GB Gigabyte. 1024 Megabytes, 1,073,741,824 bytes
GUID Globally Unique Identifier
Intel® HT Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Technology
IMC Integrated Memory Controller
I/O Input/Output
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface – an industry standard that defines standardized, abstracted
interfaces to platform management hardware.
IRQ Interrupt Request
KB Kilobyte; 1024 bytes
KVM Keyboard, Video, and Mouse – an attachment that mimics those devices and connects them to a remote I/O user
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LAN Local Area Network
LED Light Emitting Diode
Mb Megabit, 1,048,576 bits – lowercase “b” distinguishes “bits” from uppercase “B” for “bytes”
MB Megabyte. 1024 Kilobytes, 1,048,576 bytes
Intel® ME Intel® Management Engine
MHz Megahertz, a frequency measurement, a million cycles/second
MMIO Memory Mapped I/O
MT/s Megatransfers per second
NIC Network Interface Card
Intel® NM Intel® Node Manager – now Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access (secondary usage as Non-Uniform Memory Architecture)
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS Operating System
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect, or PCI Standard
PCIe* PCI Express*
PCR Platform Configuration Register
PERR Program Error
POST Power On Self Test
PTS Platform Trust Services
PXE Pre-execution Environment
Intel® QPI Intel® QuickPath Interconnect
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – provides data security by spreading data over multiple disk drives. RAID
0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 are different patterns of data on varying numbers of disks to provide varying
degrees of security and performance.
RAS Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
ROM Read-Only Memory
RTS Root of Trust Storage
SAS Serial Attached SCSI, a high speed serial data version of SCSI
SATA Serial ATA, a high speed serial data version of the disk ATA interface
SCSI Small Computer System Interface, a connection usually used for disks of various types
SDR Sensor Data Record
SEL System Event Log
SERR System Error
SFO Spare Fail-Over (event)
SMI System Management Interrupt
SOL Serial Over LAN
SR Single Rank – memory DIMM organization, DRAMs organized in a single rank
TPM Trusted Platform Module
Intel® TXT Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
UCE Uncorrectable Error
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface – replacement for Legacy BIOS and Legacy DOS interface
USB Universal Serial Bus, a standard serial expansion bus meant for connecting peripherals.
UUID Universally Unique Identifier. See also GUID
Intel® VT Intel® Virtualization Technology
Intel® VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) for Directed I/O
WHEA Windows* Hardware Error Architecture
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