Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility
Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility provides five main menus that you can use to view product information,
and to configure, enable, and disable, or manage system components.
This section provides the following information:
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“BIOS Setup Utility Menus” on page 224
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“BIOS Key Mappings” on page 224
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“Access BIOS Setup Utility Menus” on page 225
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“Navigate BIOS Setup Utility Menus” on page 226
BIOS Setup Utility Menus
The following table provides descriptions for the top-level BIOS Setup Utility menus.
Menu Description
Main General product information, including memory, time/date, security settings, system serial
number, and CPU and DIMM information.
Advanced Configuration information for the CPU, trusted computing, USB, and other information. Set the
IP address for the server SP.
IO Manage configuration settings for I/O devices, such as I/O virtualization settings, and enable and
disable Option ROMs.
Boot Configure the boot device priority.
Save & Exit Save changes and exit, discard changes and exit, discard changes, or restore the default BIOS
settings.
See “BIOS Setup Utility Menu Options” on page 253 for examples of each of these screens.
Related Information
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“Navigate BIOS Setup Utility Menus” on page 226
BIOS Key Mappings
When viewing the BIOS output from a terminal using the serial console redirection feature,
some terminals do not support function keys. BIOS supports the mapping of function keys
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