Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4

BIOS User Interface

Table 63. Time and Date Menu

Setup Item

Options

Default

Help Text

Comment

BIOS

N/A

N/A

N/A

Displays the current the

Version

 

 

 

BIOS version (excluding the

 

 

 

 

build time and date). as per

 

 

 

 

description in Section titled -

 

 

 

 

BIOS Identification String.

 

 

 

 

 

System Date

[DD/MM/YYYY

N/A

Month valid values are 1 to 12.

Help text depends on the

 

]

 

Day valid values are 1 to 31.

subfield selected (Month,

 

 

 

Day, or Year).

 

 

 

Year valid values are 1998 to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2099.

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Time

[HH:MM:SS]

N/A

Hours valid values are 0 to 23.

Help text depends on the

 

 

 

Minutes valid values are 0 to 59.

subfield selected (Hours,

 

 

 

Minutes, Seconds).

 

 

 

Seconds valid values are 0 to 59.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiet Boot

Enabled/

Enabled

If enabled no messages will be

 

Enable

Disabled

 

displayed on the screen while the

 

 

 

 

system POSTs. System will

 

 

 

 

POST with the logo displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST Error

Enabled/

Enabled

If enabled, the system will wait

 

Pause

Disabled

 

for user intervention on critical

 

 

 

 

POST errors. If disabled, the

 

 

 

 

system will boot with no

 

 

 

 

intervention, if possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 64. Processor Menu

Setup Item

Options

Default

Help Text

Comment

Core

Current

 

Frequency at which processors

Info Only

Frequency

Processor

 

currently run.

 

 

Core

 

 

 

 

running

 

 

 

 

frequency.

 

 

 

Bus Frequency

Current bus

Auto

Current frequency of the

Info Only

 

frequency.

 

processor Front Side Bus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

Enabled/

Disabled

If enabled, retest all processors

Executes only once and then

Retest

Disabled

 

in the system during the next

automatically resets to disabled.

 

 

 

POST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel® Hyper-

Enabled/

Enabled

Enables the Intel® Hyper-

 

Threading

Disabled

 

Threading feature, takes effect

 

Enable

 

 

after reboot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot

Processor

 

Number of the processor that

Info Only

Processor

#<the BSP

 

is designated by the firmware

 

Number

number)

 

to boot this system.

 

Processor

 

 

Processor Detailed

Info Only.

#<processor

 

 

Information.

Link to Processor #<processor

number>

 

 

 

 

 

 

number> screen (one per processor

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported by the platform).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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