BIOS Settings Glossary version 19

BIOS Settings Glossary BACK
V19 – November 2012 BACK
Flat Panel
Configuration
Changes
Configuration > Video >
Advanced Flat Panel Display
Settings
• Unlocked
• Locked
Once locked, can only be unlocked by Intel® Integrator
Toolkit.
Floppy Controller
Configuration > On-Board
Devices
• Automatic
• Enable
• Disable
Configures the floppy drive controller. Only 1.44MB
floppy drives are supported.
Automatic: enables the onboard floppy controller if a
floppy drive is connected.
FLR Capability
Configuration > PCI/PCIe Add-
In Slots
• Enable
• Disable
Enables or disables Function Level Reset (FLR), allowing
PCH devices to be reset individually.
Force On-board
LAN Disable
Maintenance
• Enable
• Disable
Forces onboard LAN and all Active Management
Technology features to disabled.
This BIOS setting is present only on boards supporting
Intel® Active Management Technology.
Force Secure Boot
Defaults
Boot > Secure Boot > Secure
Boot Configuration
• Enable
• Disable
Restores factory default Secure Boot databases during
the next boot, placing the system in Standard Mode.
Front Panel Audio
Configuration > On-Board
Devices > Audio
• Auto
• High
Definition Front
Panel
• Legacy Front
Panel
• Disable
Automatically or manually select the type of audio front
panel installed.
Auto: attempts to detect the presence and type of Audio
Front Panel installed
High Definition Front Panel: configures Front Panel
Audio in High Definition Mode
Legacy Front Panel: configures Front Panel Audio in
Legacy Mode
Disable: disables Front Panel Audio
Fully Qualified
Domain Name
(FQDN)
Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or
Standard) Management
Technology Configuration >
Remote Setup and
Configuration
User defined
The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for a specific
provisioning server. The FQDN must contain both a
hostname and a domain name.
G
BIOS Setting
Appears on BIOS Screen…
Options
Description / Purpose
General
Optimization
Boot
• Enable
• Disable
Enable: BIOS will boot faster, however the following
features will be disabled: Boot to Network, Boot to Optical
Devices, and Boot to Removable Devices.
RAID devices will still be bootable, but not configurable.
This BIOS setting is present when Fast Boot is enabled.
Generate New
Platform Key
Boot > Secure Boot
• Enable
• Disable
Generates a new Secure Boot Platform Key during the
next boot. The private half of the Platform Key is
discarded.
Graphics Dynamic
Frequency (GHz)
Performance
Information
only
Displays Proposed, Active, and Default Graphics
Dynamic Frequency.
Graphics Max
Multiplier
Performance
Numeric
Selects Graphics Dynamic Frequency: Host Clock
Frequency x 0.5 x Graphics Max Multiplier = Graphics
Dynamic Frequency