BIOS Settings Glossary version 19

BIOS Settings Glossary BACK
V19 – November 2012 BACK
Allow Simultaneous
PCIe x16 Video
Card (PEG) and
IGD
Performance > Bus Overrides
• Enable
• Disable
Enable this to allow a PCIe x16 video card (PEG)
installed in a x16 slot to be enabled at the same time as
processor-integrated video (IGD).
Alternate DNS
Address
Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or
Standard) Management
Technology Configuration >
Local Setup and Configuration
> IPv4 TCP/IP Configuration
User defined
Enter address in dot-decimal notation (for example:
255.255.255.0)
Alternate DNS IPv6
Address
Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or
Standard) Management
Technology Configuration >
Local Setup and Configuration
> IPv6 TCP/IP Configuration
User defined
Enter valid address (for example:
1122:3344:5566:7788:99AA:BBCC:DDEE:FF00)
Asset Tag
Main > System Identification
Information > Chassis
Information
or
Main > System Identification
Information > Desktop Board
Information
Information
only
Displays the chassis or desktop board asset tag string
from SMBIOS Type 3 structure.
ATS
Security > Intel® VT for
Directed I/O (VT-d)
• Enable
• Disable
Enables or disables Non-Isoch VT-d Engine Address
Translation Services (ATS) Support
Audio
Configuration > On-Board
Devices
• Enable
• Disable
Enables or disables onboard audio.
B
BIOS Setting
Appears on BIOS Screen…
Options
Description / Purpose
Back Panel 61XX
eSATA (Gen 2)
Configuration > SATA Drives
• Enable
• Disable
Enable or disable the back panel eSATA connectors.
Backlight-Off to
Power-Down Delay
Time (ms)
Configuration > Video >
Advanced Flat Panel Display
Settings
Numeric
Specifies the delay from backlight-off to panel power-
down.
Backward
Compatibility Mode
Configuration > On-Board
Devices > USB
• Enable
• Disable
Enable: uses an older USB controller mode that may be
more compatible with older or less robust USB devices.
This mode will also disable individual control of USB
ports and will cause some features of Intel® Active
Management Technology to not function (such as KVM).
BIOS Setup Auto-
Entry
Boot
• Enable
• Disable
If set to Enable, the BIOS will halt and prompt to boot
normally or enter Setup. This must be set to Disable to
allow OS boot without user intervention. This feature is
not available while Fast Boot USB Optimization is set to
Enable.
BIOS Version
Main
Information
only
Displays the version of the BIOS currently installed.
Blacklisted
Signature Database
(dbx)
Boot > Secure Boot > Secure
Boot Configuration
Information
only
Displays Installed or Not Installed based on the
presence of the UEFI dbx variable.