ADLINK Technology VPX3-TL BIOS - BIOS Setup Menu; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Menu Selection Bar; 1.3 Menu Conventions

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VPX3-TL BIOS
Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents.................................................................................................................. 3
1 BIOS Setup Menu ............................................................................................................ 5
1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Menu Selection Bar.................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Menu Conventions................................................................................................................... 5
2 Getting Started................................................................................................................. 6
2.1 BIOS Information ..................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 System Information.................................................................................................................. 7
2.3 System Date/Time.................................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Board Information .................................................................................................................... 8
3 Advanced Menu............................................................................................................... 9
3.1 CPU Configuration................................................................................................................. 10
3.2 Power & Performance.............................................................................................................11
3.2.1 CPU – Power Management Control................................................................................................12
3.2.2 GT – Power Management Control...................................................................................................26
3.3 Intel(R) Time Coordinated Computing ...................................................................................27
3.4 Power Management............................................................................................................... 29
3.4.1 Power Consumption ........................................................................................................................30
3.5 System Management............................................................................................................. 31
3.5.1 SEMA Flags.....................................................................................................................................32
3.6 Thermal Management............................................................................................................ 33
3.6.1 CPU Thermal Configuration ............................................................................................................34
3.6.2 Platform Thermal Configuration.......................................................................................................35
3.6.3 Temperatures...................................................................................................................................37
3.7 Watchdog Timer..................................................................................................................... 38
3.8 Super IO Configuration .......................................................................................................... 39
3.8.1 NCT5104DSEC Super IO Configuration .........................................................................................39
3.9 VPX Configuration ................................................................................................................. 41
3.10 USB Configuration ............................................................................................................... 43
3.11 AMI Graphic Output Protocol Policy..................................................................................... 44
3.12 Serial Port Console Redirection........................................................................................... 45
3.12.1 Console Redirection Settings ..........................................................................................................46
3.12.2 Console Redirection Settings (EMS)...............................................................................................48
3.13 Network Stack Configuration................................................................................................ 49
3.14 Trusted Computing............................................................................................................... 50
4 Chipset Menu................................................................................................................. 52
4.1 System Agent (SA) Configuration .......................................................................................... 53
4.1.1 Memory Configuration .....................................................................................................................54
4.1.2 Graphics Configuration....................................................................................................................55
4.1.3 PEG Port Feature Configuration......................................................................................................56
4.1.4 VMD setup menu.............................................................................................................................57
4.2 PCH-IO Configuration............................................................................................................ 58
4.2.1 SATA And RST Configuration ..........................................................................................................59
4.2.2 Software Feature Mask Configuration.............................................................................................61