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Enable power-on password prompting during system restarts (warm boots) and power-on.
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Secure the integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB, or parallel ports, audio, or
embedded NIC, so that the I/O functionality cannot be used until they are unsecured.
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Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
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Enable or disable removable media write ability (when supported by hardware).
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Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration information on diskette and restoring
it on one or more workstations.
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Execute self-tests on specified SATA and SAS hard drives (when supported by the drive).
BIOS ROM
The BIOS of the computer is a collection of machine language programs stored as firmware in ROM.
The BIOS ROM includes such functions as POST, PCI device initialization, plug-in-play support, power
management activities, and the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. The firmware contained in the BIOS ROM
supports the following systems and specifications:
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Microsoft® Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL)
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Alert-On-LAN (AOL) and Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
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ACPI 1.0 and 2.0 and OnNow
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SMBIOS 2.5
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PC98/99/00 and NetPC
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HP Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot ROM for the integrated LAN controller
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BIOS Boot Specification 1.01
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Enhanced Disk Drive Specification 3.0
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“El Torito” Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification 1.0
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AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI) Removable Media Device BIOS Specification 1.0
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Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) 1.4 (for booting Linux Symmetrical Multi Processing (SMP))
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Alert Standard Format (ASF) 1.0
The BIOS ROM is a 1-MB Intel Firmware Hub (or Firmware Hub-compatible) part. The runtime portion
of the BIOS resides in a 96-Kb block from E8000h to FFFFFh (approximation). Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface (ACPI) code and data take about 128 Kb below TOLM (top of low memory, last
RAM address below 4 GB).
Using the Computer Setup (F10) Utility
You can only open the Computer Setup (F10) Utility by powering on the workstation or restarting the
workstation. To access the Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu:
1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. Press the F10 key as soon as your display is active and you see F10=Setup appear in the lower
right corner of the screen.
NOTE: If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, try again. Turn the workstation off, then
on, and press F10 again to access the utility, or press the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys before boot if
you miss the opportunity to press F10.
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