Table 9. Advanced Menu (continued)

Feature

Boot-time Diagnostic Screen

Reset Configuration Data

Large Disk Access Mode

PS/2 Mouse

Summary Screen

Legacy USB Support

PXE Support

Hyper-Threading

Choices

Enabled

Disabled (default)

No (default)

Yes

Other

DOS (default)

Disabled

Enabled

Auto Detect (default)

Disabled

Enabled (default)

Disabled

Enabled (default)

Disabled (default)

NIC2

NIC1

Disabled

Enabled (default)

Description

Enables or disables the boot-time diagnostic screen.

Disabled will display the splash screen over the diagnostic screen. This splash screen can be changed to show an OEM-based logo.

Specifies if the extended server configuration data will be reset during the next boot.

Yes clears the extended server configuration data during the next boot. The system automatically resets this field to No during the next boot.

UNIX, NetWare, and other operating systems require this option be set to Other. If you install an operating system and the hard drive fails to install, change this setting and try again. Different operating systems require different representations of drive geometries.

Configures the PS/2 mouse.

Disabled prevents any installed PS/2 mouse from functioning but frees up IRQ 12.

Enabled forces the PS/2 mouse port to be enabled even if a mouse is not present.

Auto Detect will enable the PS/2 mouse only if one is present.

Enables or disables the boot-time hardware/BIOS summary screen.

Enables support for legacy USB. It may be necessary to set this option to Disable to install NetWare 6.0 SP1.

Enables support for onboard PXE.

Allows Intel Xeon processors to run in hyperthreading mode. Enabling this setting will improve throughput significantly on certain applications.

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