BIOS IO Menu Selections
BIOS IO Menu IO Virtualization Options
The following table describes the BIOS IO Menu IO virtualization options.
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
VT-d Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Intel
Virtualization Technology for
directed I/O (VT-d) by reporting
the I/O device assignment to
VMM through DMA remapping
reporting (DMAR) Advance
Configuration Power Interface
(ACPI) tables.
ACS Disabled/Enabled Disabled Enabled programs ACS to
all PCIe bridges; Disabled
programs ACS to only chipset
PCIe root ports bridges.
SR-IOV Support Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Single Root
I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) to
configure devices into multiple
virtual devices that can be used
on virtual OS installations.
If supported by the hardware
and set to enabled, all devices
within the system that are SR-
IOV capable are configured
to support SR-IOV and I/O
resources are allocated to the
device as normal. If set to
disabled, I/O resources are not
allocated to the device.
ARI Disabled/Enabled Enabled If Alternate Routing ID (ARI)
is supported by the hardware
and set to enabled, devices
are permitted to locate virtual
functions (VFs) in function
numbers 8 to 255 of the captured
bus number, instead of normal
function numbers 0 to 7.
BIOS IO Menu IOAT Configuration Options
The following table describes the BIOS IO Menu IOAT configuration options.
BIOS Setup Utility Menu Options 283