BIOS Setup

Introduction

The system has AMI BIOS built-in, with a SETUP utility that allows users to configure required settings or to ativate certain system features. Pressing Tab or Del key immediately allows you to enter the Setup Utility.

Enter BIOS Setup

To enter the BIOS setup utility, simply follow the steps below:

1. Boot up the system

2. Press Del during the boot-up if you connect a keyboard to this unit. But if you connect a PC to this unit through console USB/Serial connection, then press Tab. Your system should be running POST (Power-On-Self-Test) upon booting up.

3. Then you will be directed to the BIOS main screen.

4. Instructions of BIOS navigations.

Control Keys	Description
→←	select a setup screen, for example, [Main],[Advanced] and [Platform]
↑↓	select an item/option on a setup screen
Enter	select an item/option or enter a sub-menu
+/-	to adjust values for the selected setup item/option
F1	to display General Help screen
F2	to retrieve previous values
F3	to load optimized default values
F4	to save configurations and exit BIOS
Esc	exit the current screen

Main Page

Setup Main Page contains BIOS information and project version information.

Item	Description
BIOS Information	BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Core Version: AMI Kernel version, CRB code base, X64 Compliancy: UEFI version, PI version BIOS Version: BIOS release version Build Date and Time: MM/DD/YYYY CPLD Version(M): MB CPLD release version CPLD Version(S): BMC Card CPLD release version Access Level: Administrator / User
Memory Information	Total Memory: by case
System Date	To set the Date, use Tab to switch between Date elements. Default range of Year: 2005-2099 Default range of Month: 1-12 Days: dependent on Month.
System Time	To set the Date, use Tab to switch between Date elements.

Advanced Page

Select the Advanced menu tab from the BIOS setup screen to enter the “Advanced” setup screen. Users can slect any of the items in the left frame of the screen

Trusted Computing

Feature	Options	Description
Security Device Support	Enabled Disabled	Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available.
SHA256 PCR Bank	Enabled Disabled	Enable or Disable SHA256 PCR Bank
Pending operation	None TPM Clear	Schedule an Operation for the Security Device. NOTE: Your Computer will reboot during restart in order to change State of Security Device.
Platform Hierarchy	Enabled Disabled	Enable or Disable Platform Hierarchy
Storage Hierarchy	Enabled Disabled	Enable or Disable Storage Hierarchy
Endorsement Hierarchy	Enabled Disabled	Enable or Disable Endorsement Hierarchy
Physical Presence Spec Version	1.2 1.3	Select to Tell O.S. to support PPI Spec Version 1.2 or 1.3. NOTE: Some HCK tests might not support 1.3
TPM 2.0 InterfaceType	TIS	Select the Communication Interface to TPM 2.0 Device
Device Select	TPM 1.2 TPM 2.0 Auto	TPM 1.2 will restrict support to TPM 1.2 devices, TPM 2.0 will restrict support to TPM 2.0 devices, Auto will support both with the default set to TPM 2.0 devices if not found, TPM 1.2 devices will be enumerated

Super IO Configuration

Serial Port 1 Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Serial Port	Enabled Disabled	Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM)
Device Settings	IO=3F8h; IRQ = 4	N/A
Change Settings	Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12;	Select an optimal setting for Super IO Device

Serial Port Console Redirection

Feature	Options	Description
Console Redirection	Enabled Disabled	Console Redirection Enable or Disable

Console Redirection Settings

Feature	Options	Description
Terminal Type	VT100 Enabled VT-UTF8 ANSI	Emulation: ANSI: Extended ASCII char set. VT100: ASCII char set. VT100Plus: Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. VT-UTF8: Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytesm.
Bits per Second	9600 19200 38400 57600 115200	Selects serial port transmission speed. The speed must be matched on the other side. Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds.
Data Bits	7 8	Data Bits
Parity	None Even Odd Mark Space	A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. Even: parity bit is 0 if the num of 1’s in the data bits is even. Odd: parity bit is 0 if num of 1’s in the data bits is odd. Mark: parity bit is always 1. Space: Parity bit is always 0. Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection. They can be used as an additional data bit.
Stop Bits	1 2	Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning). The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit.
Flow Control	None Hardware RTS/CTS	Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a ‘stop’ signal can be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a ‘start’ signal can be sent to re-start the flow. Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals.
VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support	Disabled Enabled	Enable VT-UTF8 Combination Key Support for ANSI/VT100 terminals.
Recorder Mode	Disabled Enabled	With this mode enabled only text will be sent. This is to capture Terminal data.
Resolution 100x31	Disabled Enabled	Enables or disables extended terminal resolution
Putty Keypad	VT100 LINUX XTERM86 SCO ESCN VT400	Selects Function Key and Keypad on Putty.

PCI Subsystem Settings

Feature	Options	Description
SR-IOV Support	Disabled Enabled	If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support.

USB Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Legacy USB Support	Enabled Disabled
XHCI Hand-off	Enabled Disabled
USB Mass Storage	Enabled
Driver Support	Disabled
USB transfer time-out	1 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec
Device power-up delay	Auto Manual

Network Stack Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Network Stack	Disabled Enabled	Enables or disables UEFI Network Stack
IPv4 PXE Support	Disabled Enabled	Enable/Disable IPv4 PXE boot support. If disabled, IPv4 PXE boot support will not be available.
IPv4 HTTP Support	Disabled Enabled	Enable/Disable IPv4 HTTP boot support. If disabled, IPv4 HTTP boot support will not be available.
IPv6 PXE Support	Disabled Enabled	Enable/Disable IPv6 PXE boot support. If disabled, IPv6 PXE boot support will not be available.
IPv6 HTTP Support	Disabled Enabled	Enable/Disable IPv6 HTTP boot support. If disabled, IPv6 HTTP boot support will not be available.
PXE boot wait time	0	Wait time in seconds to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot. Use either +/- or numeric keys to set the value.
Media detect count	1	Number of times the presence of media will be checked. Use either +/- or numeric keys to set the value.

NVMe Configuration

Control PXE Boot

Feature	Options	Description
Control PXE Boot from	Disabled Enabled	Control PXE Boot from which Lan. Note: LAN port is set with Intel I210, the setup menu item is Enable or Disable PXE Boot function via Intel I210 LAN port.

Intel VROC

Platform Configuration

Select the Platform menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Platform Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.

Socket Configuration

Select the Socket menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Socket Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.

Feature	Options	Description
Processor Configuration	None	Displays and provides option to change the Processor Settings
Memory Configuration	None	Displays and provides option to change the Memory Settings
IIO Configuration	None	Displays and provides option to change the IIO Settings
Advanced Power Management Configuration	None	Displays and provides option to change the Power Management Settings
Intel VMD technology	Disable Enable	Enable/Disable VMD this IIO Domain.

Processor Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Machine Check	Disabled Enabled	Enable or Disable the Machine Check
Hardware Prefetcher	Disabled Enabled	MLC Streamer Prefetcher (MSR 1A4h Bit [0])
Adjacent Cache Prefetcher	Disabled Enabled	MLC Spatial Prefetcher (MSR 1A4h Bit [1])
APIC Physical Mode	Disabled Enabled	Enable/Disable the APIC physical destination mode
Enable Intel® TXT	Disabled Enabled	Enables Intel(R) TXT
VMX	Disabled Enabled	Enables the Vanderpool Technology, which takes effect after reboot.
Enable SMX	Disabled Enabled	Enables Safer Mode Extensions

Per-Socket Configuration

CPU Socket0 Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Disable Bitmap (Hex)	0	0: Enable all cores. FFFFFFFFFFF: Disable all cores least one core per CPU must be enabled. Disabling all cores is an invalid configuration.

Memory Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Host Memory Frequency	Auto 4800 5200 5600 6000 6400	Maximum Memory Frequency Selections in MT/s. If the “AUTO” option has been selected, a frequency is chosen automatically based on the minimum tCK given by the SPD. If Enforce POR is disabled, user will be able to run at higher frequencies than the memory support (limited by processor support)
Memory Topology	None	Displays memory topology with Dimm population information

IIO Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Socket0 Configuration	None	PCI Express Root Port setting page
Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)	None	Intel VT-d technology setting page. Note: If no understand setting affection, please do not change setting in page
Global Configuration	None	For all PCI Express Root Port setting page

Socket0 Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
PCI Express 0~8	None	PCI Express 0~8 can adjust root port setting, such as bifurcation, VMD…etc. Note: Base on HW design, PCI Express 1 will affect BMC and External USB Port

PCI Express 0

Feature	Options	Description
Bifurcation	Auto x4x4x4x4 x4x4x_x8 x_x8x4x4 x_x8x_x8 x_x_x_x16 x2x2x4x_x8 x4x2x2x_x8 x_x8x2x2x4 x2x2x4x4x4 x4x2x2x4x4 x4x4x2x2x4 x2x2x2x2x_x8 x2x2x2x2x4x4 x2x2x4x2x2x4 x4x2x2x2x2x4 x2x2x2x2x2x2x4 x_x8x4x2x2 x4x4x4x2x2 x_x8x2x2x2x2 x2x2x4x4x2x2 x4x2x2x4x2x2 x4x4x2x2x2x2 x2x2x2x2x4x2x2 x2x2x4x2x2x2x2 x4x2x2x2x2x2x2 x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2	Selects PCIe port Bifurcation for selected slot(s): “Port Format: xGxExCxA” “The port can further be x2x2” “Disable - disable all PCIe lanes and the controller. Note: if no special device or configuration change, please do not adjust this item

Global Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
ASPM Support (Global)	Disable Per-port	This option can disable ASPM support for all PCIe root ports.
Extended Tag Support	Disable Auto	This option can disable 8-bit Tag support in all PCIe root ports. ‘Auto’ keeps hardware default.
Max Read Request Size	Auto 128B 256B 512B 1024B 2048B 4096B	Set Max Read Request Size in End Points

Advanced Power Management Configuration

CPU P State Control

Feature	Options	Description
SpeedStep (Pstates)	Disable Enable	Enables or disables EIST (P-States).
EIST PSD Function	HW_ALL SW_ALL	Choose HW_ALL/SW_ALL in _PSD return.
Boot performance mode	Max Performance Max Efficiency	Select the performance state that the BIOS will set before OS hand off.
Turbo Mode	Disable Enable	Enable/Disable processor Turbo Mode.
Energy Efficient Turbo	Enable Disable	Enable/Disable Energy Efficient Turbo. Enable: MSR 0x1FC Bit[19] = 0 Disable: MSR 0x1FC Bit[19] = 1.
CPU Flex Ratio	Disabled	Enable/Disable CPU Flex Ratio Programming.
Override	Enabled	Note: Dynamic SST-PP and SST-BF will be disabled when CPU Flex Ratio Override is enabled.
CPU Core Flex Ratio	23	Non-Turbo Mode Processor Core Ratio Multiplier.

CPU C State Control

Feature	Options	Description
Monitor MWAIT	Disable Enable	Allows Monitor and MWAIT instructions.
ACPI C1 Enumeration	C1 C1e	Enumerate C1/C1e as ACPI C1.
ACPI C6x Enumeration	Disable C6S as ACPI C2 C6S as ACPI C3 C6S-P as ACPI C2 C6S-P as ACPI C3 Auto	AUTO: Maps to C6S-P as ACPI C2 Disable: Don’t enumerate any C6S state in ACPI C6S as ACPI C2/C3: Enumerate C6S as ACPI C2/C3 state. PkgC6 is not allowed C6S-P as ACPI C2/C3: Enumerate C6S-P as ACPI C2/C3 state. PkgC6 is allowed.

Server Mgmt

Feature	Options	Description
BMC Support	Enable Disable	Enable or disables interfaces to communicate with BMC.
BMC network configuration	NA	Configure BMC network parameters.
View System Event Log	NA	Press to view the System Event Log Records.
BMC Warm Reset	NA	Press to do Warm Reset BMC.

System Event Log

Feature	Options	Description
SEL Components	Enable Disable	Change this to enable or disable event logging for error/progress codes during boot.
Erase SEL	NO Yes, On next reset Yes, On every reset	Choose options for erasing SEL.
When SEL is Full	Do Nothing Erase Immediately Delete Oldest Record	Choose options for reactions to a full SEL.
Log EFI Status Codes	Disabled Both Error code Progress code	Disable the logging of EFI Status Codes or log only error code or only progress code or both.

BMC Network Configuration

Feature	Options	Description
Configuration Address source	Unspecified Static DynamicBmcDhcp	Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically (by BIOS or BMC). The unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase.

View System Event Log

Security

Select the Security menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Security Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.

Feature	Description
Administrator Password	If ONLY the Administrator’s password is set, it only limits access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup.
User Password	If ONLY the User’s password is set, it serves as a power-on password and must be entered to boot or enter Setup. In Setup, the User will have Administrator rights.

Secure Boot

Feature	Options	Description
Secure Boot	Disable Enable	Secure Boot feature is Active if Secure Boot is Enabled, Platform Key(PK) is enrolled and the System is in User mode. The mode change requires platform reset.
Secure Boot Mode	Standard Custom

Key Management

Feature	Options	Description
Factory Key Provision	Disable Enable	Install factory default Secure Boot keys after the platform reset and while the System is in Setup mode.
Restore Factory keys	None	Force System to User Mode. Install factory default Secure Boot key databases.
Enroll Efi Image	None	Allow Efi image to run in Secure Boot mode. Enroll SHA256 Hash certificate of a PE image into Authorized Signature Database (db).

Boot Menu

Select the Boot menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Boot Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.

Feature	Options	Description
Setup Prompt Timeout	5	Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0xFFFF) means indefinite waiting.
Bootup NumLock State	On Off	Select the keyboard NumLock state

• Choose boot priority from boot option group.

• Choose specific boot device priority sequence from available Group device.

Save and Exit Menu

Select the Save and Exit menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Save and Exit Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.

Discard Changes and Exit

• Select this option to quit Setup without saving any modifications to the system configuration. The following window will appear after the “Discard Changes and Exit” option is selected. Select “Yes” to discard changes and Exit Setup.

Save Changes and Reset

• When Users have completed the system configuration changes, select this option to save the changes and reset from BIOS Setup in order for the new system configuration parameters to take effect. The following window will appear after selecting the “Save Changes and Reset” option is selected. Select “Yes” to Save Changes and reset.

Restore Defaults

• Restore default values for all setup options. Select “Yes” to load Optimized defaults.

Note: The items under Boot Override may not be the same a the image above, as it should depend on the actual devices connect to the system.

Intel® RAID Key Configuration

Configuring Intel VMD and Creating a RAID Volume

Step 1: Install the VROC Key

1. Connect the VROC key to the motherboard’s JRAID_CON1 header.


Step 2: Boot into BIOS

1. Boot into BIOS à Navigate to Socket Configuration and set Intel VMD Technology to Enabled

2. Save & Exit: Choose Save Changes and Reset to reboot the system.

Step 3: Re-enter BIOS

1. After reboot, enter BIOS again.

2. Navigate to Advanced > Intel Virtual RAID on CPU > All Intel VMD Controllers.

3. Select Create RAID Volume, then choose the desired RAID Level.

4. Select the storage devices to include in the RAID array.

5. Click Create Volume, then confirm with Yes.

6. Exit BIOS.

Step 4: Boot into the OS

Use the command lsblk to verify the RAID volume. It will appear as /dev/mdxxx