BIOS Settings Glossary version 13 - Alphabetical

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V13 – November 2009
System Zone 1
Temperature
Advanced >
Hardware
Monitoring
No changeable
options
Displays system zone 1 temperature.
Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the
exact location of this sensor.
System Zone 2
Temperature
Advanced >
Hardware
Monitoring
No changeable
options
Displays system zone 2 temperature.
Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the
exact location of this sensor.
T
BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS
Screen…
Options Description / Purpose
Third SATA Master Advanced > Drive
Configuration
[drive]
Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows
[None] if no drive is installed.
TLS Pre-Shared Key
(PSK) PID
Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
Provisioning
Configuration
User defined The PID is an 8 character alpha-numeric string in dash-
separated format, e.g. ABCD-123K. Both PID and PPS
must be set to provide the ability to establish a secure TLS-
PSK session.
For information on TLS, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
TLS Pre-Shared Key
(PSK) PPS
Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
Provisioning
Configuration
User defined The PPS is a 32 character alpha-numeric string in dash-
separated format, e.g. EGET-GZFF-C6A6-ORRR-HQXP-
C9JI-RJGB-KBS8. Both PID and PPS must be set to
provide the ability to establish a secure TLS-PSK session.
For information on TLS, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
Total Memory Main
or
Advanced >
Memory
Configuration
No changeable
options
Displays the total amount of RAM.
Trusted Platform
Module
This BIOS setting is
present only on Intel®
Desktop Boards that
include support for
Trusted Platform
Module (TPM).
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
For information on TPM, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module
Turn on Intel® ME in
Sleep States
Intel® ME > Intel®
Management
Engine
Configuration
• Never/Disabled
• Always/Enabled
This option determines the ACPI state that Intel® ME is in
when in ACPI sleep states.
Never disables management in ACPI sleep states.
Always enables management in ACPI sleep states.
Type Advanced > Drive
Configuration >
SATA/PATA
• Auto
• User
Specifies the IDE configuration mode for IDE devices.
Auto fills-in capabilities from ATA/ATAPI device.
User allows capabilities to be changed.