Downloading Active System Health data ........................................................................ 37
Downloading an Active Health System Log .................................................................... 37
Logging in to Active Health System Viewer......................................................................38
Uploading an AHS log to AHSV....................................................................................... 39
Embedded Diagnostics......................................................................................... 39
Launching Embedded Diagnostics ..................................................................................39
Launching Intelligent Provisioning....................................................................................40
System Information and System Health......................................................................................40
System Information.......................................................................................................... 40
Viewing System Information.............................................................................................42
Viewing System Health ................................................................................................... 42
Rebooting the system, selecting a language, and setting the browser mode.............................42
Rebooting the system...................................................................................................... 42
Exiting and resuming system boot........................................................................ 42
Rebooting the system............................................................................................43
Selecting a language and browser mode.........................................................................43
Selecting a system language................................................................................ 43
Selecting a browser mode.....................................................................................43
BIOS/Platform Configuration Options.................................................44
Workload Profiles and performance options............................................................................... 44
Workload Matching...........................................................................................................46
Workload Profiles dependencies overview.......................................................................46
Workload Profile Dependencies—Intel-based servers..........................................47
Workload Profiles dependencies - AMD-based servers........................................50
Applying a Workload Profile ............................................................................................ 52
Changing dependent options after applying a profile.......................................................52
System options............................................................................................................................53
Configuring Boot Time Optimizations...............................................................................53
Setting Dynamic Power Capping Functionality..................................................... 53
Enabling or disabling Extended Memory Test....................................................... 53
Enabling or disabling Memory Fast Training......................................................... 54
Setting the UEFI POST Discovery Mode...............................................................54
Enabling or disabling Memory Clear on Warm Reset............................................55
Configuring Serial Port Options........................................................................................55
Assigning an Embedded Serial Port......................................................................55
Assigning a Virtual Serial Port...............................................................................55
Configuring USB Options................................................................................................. 56
Setting USB Control.............................................................................................. 56
Enabling or disabling USB Boot Support...............................................................56
Selecting the Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence........................................ 57
Enabling or disabling the Internal SD Card Slot.................................................... 57
Configuring Server Availability......................................................................................... 57
Enabling or disabling ASR.....................................................................................57
Setting the ASR timeout........................................................................................ 58
Enabling or disabling Wake-On LAN..................................................................... 58
Setting the POST F1 prompt delay....................................................................... 59
Enabling or disabling momentary power button functionality................................ 59
Setting the automatic power-on state....................................................................60
Setting the power-on delay....................................................................................60
Viewing and entering server asset information................................................................ 61
Entering server information................................................................................... 61
Entering administrator information........................................................................ 61
Entering service contact information..................................................................... 62
Entering a custom POST message ...................................................................... 62
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