Owners Manual

Table 25. System BIOS Settings
Option Description
System Information Species information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and
Service Tag.
Memory Settings Species information and options related to the installed memory.
Processor Settings Species information and options related to the processor such as speed and cache size.
SATA Settings Species options to enable or disable the integrated SATA controller and ports.
NVMe Settings Species options to change the NVMe settings.
Boot Settings Species options to specify the Boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Enables you to modify UEFI
and BIOS boot settings.
Network Settings Species options to change the network settings.
Integrated Devices Species options to manage integrated device controllers and ports and specify related
features and options.
System Prole Settings Species options to change the processor power management settings, memory
frequency, and so on.
System Security Species options to congure the system security settings, such as system password,
setup password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security. It also manages the power
button on the system.
Redundant OS Settings Species the options to congure the Redundant OS settings.
Miscellaneous Settings Species options to change the system date, time, and so on.
Debug Menu Species the debug options.
Boot Settings
You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also enables you to specify the boot order.
• UEFI: The Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform rmware. The
interface consists of data tables with platform related information, also boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating
system and its loader. The following benets are available when the Boot Mode is set to UEFI:
• Support for hard drive partitions are larger than 2 TB.
• Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).
• Faster boot time.
• BIOS: The Basic Input/output System (BIOS) is a rmware embedded on the server board. When the system is rst started, BIOS
activates all of the hardware required by the system to boot including chipset, processor and cache, system memory, internal drives,
graphics and audio controllers, and internal expansion cards. After BIOS completes this process, it transfers control of the system to the
Operating System that is installed. The method this transfer occurs is controlled by the BIOS Boot Mode, available options being BIOS
and UEFI. The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.
Viewing Boot Settings
To view the Boot Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
Pre-operating system management applications
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