Service Manual

Table 15. System setup options—Virtualization menu (continued)
Virtualization
VT for Direct I/O Enables the computer to perform Virtualization Technology for Direct I/O (VT-
d). VT-d is an Intel method that provides virtualization for memory map I/O.
Default: ON
Table 16. System setup options—Maintenance menu
Maintenance
Asset Tag
Asset Tag Creates a system Asset Tag that can be used by an IT administrator to
uniquely identify a particular system. Once set in BIOS, the Asset Tag cannot
be changed.
Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the Boot
Block portion is intact and functioning.
Default: ON
NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot
work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work
in the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The
recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive (only
for computers shipped with hard drive).
BIOS Auto-Recovery Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions.
This feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled.
Default: OFF
Start Data Wipe
CAUTION: This Secure Wipe Operation will delete information in a
way that it cannot be reconstructed.
If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that
are connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.
Default: OFF
Allow BIOS Downgrade Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON
Table 17. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
Power Event Log
Clear POWER Event Log Selects an option to keep or clear the POWER Event log.
Default: Keep
BIOS Event Log
Clear Bios Event Log Selects an option to keep or clear the Bios Event log.
Default: Keep
Thermal Event Log
Clear Thermal Event Log Selects an option to keep or clear the Thermal Event log.
Default: Keep
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