Users Guide

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Virtualization support screen options
Table 23. Virtualization options
Option Description
Virtualization This option enables or disables the Intel Virtualization
Technology.
Enable Intel Virtualization Technology (default).
VT for Direct I/O This option specifies whether a virtual machine monitor can
utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel
Virtualization Technology for Direct I/O. This option is not
enabled by default.
Maintenance screen options
Table 24. Maintenance options
Option Description
Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of your computer.
Asset Tag This option enables you to create a system asset tag if an
asset tag is not already set. This option is not set by default.
SERR Messages This option enables you to control the SERR message
mechanism. The Enable SERR Message option is enabled by
default.
BIOS Downgrade This controls flashing of the system firmware to previous
revisions. The option Allow BIOS downgrade is enabled by
default.
Data Wipe This field enables you to erase the data securely from all
internal storage devices. Option Wipe on Next boot is
not enabled by default. The following is the list of devices
affected:
Internal SATA HDD/SSD
Internal M.2 SATA SDD
Internal M.2 PCIe SSD
Internal eMMC
CAUTION: All the information will be lost if you
enable this option.
BIOS Recovery This option enables you to recover certain corrupted BIOS
conditions from a recover file on the users primary hard drive
or an external USB key.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Driveenabled by default
BIOS Auto-Recoverydisabled by default
First Power On Date This option enables you to set the ownership date. The Set
Ownership Date option is not set by default.
System Logs screen option
Table 25. System Logs screen option
Option Description
BIOS Events This option enables you to delete all the logs.
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