BIOS Advanced Menu Selections
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
Disk Memory Type Boot Service Data
Reserved
Specifies the type of memory to
use from available memory pool
in system to create a disk.
Create raw Creates a raw RAM disk.
Size (Hex): Enter a valid RAM disk
size. The disk size should be
multiples of the RAM disk block
size.
Create & Exit Creates the new RAM disk with
the given starting and ending
address.
Discard & Exit Discards changes and exits
Create from file Select Storage Device Creates a RAM disk from a
given file.
Remove selected RAM disk(s) Removes the selected RAM disk
(s).
BIOS Advanced Menu iSCSI Configuration
Options
The following table describes the BIOS Advanced Menu iSCSI configuration options.
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
iSCSI Initiator Name NA (must be specified) None The worldwide unique name of
the iSCSI Initiator. Only IQN
format is accepted.
Add an Attempt
iSCSI Attempt Name NA (must be specified) None The human-readable name that
you assigned to this attempt.
iSCSI Mode Disabled/Enabled/Enabled for
MPIO
Disabled Set to Enabled for multipath I/
O (MPIO). MPIO can boost the
performance of an application
by load-balancing traffic across
multiple ports.
Internet Protocol IP4/IP6/Autoconfigure IP4 Can be set to IP4, IP6, or
Autoconfigure. The initiator
IP address is assigned by the
system to IP6. In Autoconfigure
mode, the iSCSI driver attempts
to connect to the iSCSI target
using the IPv4 stack. If this fails,
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