BIOS User Interface

Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4

11.1.3Current Activity Window

The bottom portion of the screen is reserved for the Current Activity Window. On a graphics console the screen is 800x95. On a text console the window is 80x5.

11.2 System Diagnostic Screen

The diagnostic screen is the console area where boot information, options, and diagnostic utilities are displayed. All built in utilities use this area in a similar manner to provide for consistent user interaction. The System Diagnostic Screen is divided into four areas:

Static Information Display

Menu Display

Context Sensitive Help

 

 

User Interface Help

Figure 24. System Diagnostics Display

The Static Information Display contains basic information about the system, including copyrights and the BIOS ID.

The Menu Display Area contains menu-driven access to system options and utilities. This includes Boot Manager, Boot Maintenance Manager for managing Boot options/Devices/Files, BIOS Setup Utility and Error Manager. Options can be highlighted using the up and down arrow keys and the current highlighted option can be executed by pressing the <Enter> key.

The Context Sensitive Help area displays user oriented information specific to the currently highlighted option in the Menu Display Area.

The User Interface Help area displays information about navigation keys based on the current menu in the Menu Display Area.

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