
POST Behavior
Numlock LED | Allows you to enable or disable the Numlock feature when your computer starts. This |
| option is enabled by default. |
Keyboard Errors | Allows you to enable or disable the keyboard error reporting when the computer starts. |
| This option is enabled by default. |
POST Hotkeys | Allows you to specify the function keys to display on the screen when the computer |
| starts. |
| Enable F12 — Boot menu (enabled by default) |
Fast Boot | This option can speed up the boot process by bypassing some compatibility steps: |
| • Minimal — The system boots quickly, unless the BIOS has been updated, |
| memory changed, or the previous POST did not complete. |
| • Thorough — The system does not skip any steps in the boot process. |
| • Auto — This allows the operating system to control this setting (this works only |
| when the operating system supports Simple Boot Flag). |
| This option is set to Thorough by default. |
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Virtualization Support |
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Virtualization | This option specifies whether a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) can utilize the |
| additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel® Virtualization Technology. Enable |
| Intel Virtualization Technology - This option is disabled by default. |
VT for Direct I/O | Enables or disables the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) from utilizing the additional |
| hardware capabilities provided by Intel® Virtualization technology for direct I/O. Enable |
| Intel Virtualization Technology for Direct I/O - This option is disabled by default. |
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Maintenance |
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Service Tag | Displays the Service Tag of your computer. |
Asset Tag | Allows you to create a system asset tag if an asset tag is not already set. This option is |
| not set by default. |
SERR Messages | Controls the SERR message mechanism. This option is not set by default. Some |
| graphics cards require that the SERR message mechanism be disabled. |
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Image Server |
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Lookup Method | Specifies how the ImageServer looks up the server address. |
| • Static IP |
| • DNS (enabled by default) |
| NOTE: This field is only relevant when the "Integrated NIC" control in the "System |
| Configuration" group is set to "Enabled with ImageServer". |
ImageServer IP | Specifies the primary static IP address of the ImageServer with which the client |
| software communicates. The default IP address is 255.255.255.255. |
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