Slot Security

Allows you to disable any PCI Express slot. Default is enabled.

 

 

Network Boot

Enables/disables the computer’s ability to boot from an operating system installed on a network

 

server. (Feature available on NIC models only; the network controller must be either a PCI

 

expansion card or embedded on the system board.) Default is enabled.

 

 

System IDs

Allows you to set:

 

Asset tag (18-byte identifier), a property identification number assigned by the company to the

 

computer.

 

Ownership tag (80-byte identifier) displayed during POST.

 

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) number. The UUID can only be updated if the current

 

chassis serial number is invalid. (These ID numbers are normally set in the factory and are used

 

to uniquely identify the system.)

 

Keyboard Layout (language).

 

 

Master Boot Record

Enables/disables Master Boot Record (MBR) security.

Security

The MBR contains information needed to successfully boot from a disk and to access the data stored

 

 

on the disk. Master Boot Record Security may prevent unintentional or malicious changes to the

 

MBR, such as those caused by some viruses or by the incorrect use of certain disk utilities. It also

 

allows you to recover the "last known good" MBR, should changes to the MBR be detected when

 

the system is restarted.

 

When MBR Security is enabled, the BIOS prevents any changes being made to the MBR of the

 

current bootable disk while in MS-DOS or Windows Safe Mode.

 

NOTE: Most operating systems control access to the MBR of the current bootable disk; the BIOS

 

cannot prevent changes that may occur while the operating system is running.

 

Restores the backup Master Boot Record to the current bootable disk. Default is disabled.

 

Only appears if all of the following conditions are true:

 

MBR security is enabled

 

A backup copy of the MBR has been previously saved

 

The current bootable disk is the same disk from which the backup copy was saved

 

CAUTION: Restoring a previously saved MBR after a disk utility or operating system has modified

 

the MBR, may cause the data on the disk to become inaccessible. Only restore a previously saved

 

MBR if you are confident that the current bootable disk's MBR has been corrupted or infected with a

 

virus.

 

 

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800 G1 specifications

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