Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features

 

 

 

 

 

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Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced**

Power-On Options

Allows you to set:

 

 

 

POST mode (QuickBoot, FullBoot, or FullBoot every 1-30 days).

 

 

 

POST messages (enable/disable).

 

 

 

F9 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will display

 

 

 

the text F9=Boot Menu during POST. Disabling this feature

 

 

 

prevents the text from being displayed but pressing F9 will still

 

 

 

access the Shortcut Boot (Order) Menu screen. See Storage >

 

 

 

Boot Order for more information.

 

 

 

F10 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will

 

 

 

display the text F10=Setup during POST. Disabling this

 

 

 

feature prevents the text from being displayed but pressing

 

 

 

F10 will still access the Setup screen.

 

 

 

F12 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will

 

 

 

display the text F12=Network Service Boot during POST.

 

 

 

Disabling this feature prevents the text from being displayed

 

 

 

but pressing F12 will still force the system to attempt booting

 

 

 

from the network.

 

 

 

Option ROM* prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature

 

 

 

will cause the system to display a message before loading

 

 

 

options ROMs.

 

 

 

Fan idle mode* allows you to set the idle speed to 1 (default),

 

 

 

2, 3, or 4 (fastest). Higher speeds will provide more cooling

 

 

 

during idle, but will be louder.

 

 

 

Remote wakeup boot source (remote server/local hard drive).

 

 

 

After Power Loss (off/on): After power loss, if you connect your

 

 

 

computer to an electric power strip and would like to turn on

 

 

 

power to the computer using the switch on the power strip, set

 

 

 

this option to ON.

 

 

 

If you turn off power to your computer using the switch on a

 

 

 

power strip, you will not be able to use the suspend/sleep

 

 

 

feature or the Remote Management features.

* Available on select models.

**These options should be used by advanced users only.

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