BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Fan Speed

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor fan speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Speed

 

Main

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Stepping

 

Maintenance

 

No changeable

 

Lists the stepping of installed processor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Temp

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor zone temperature.

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Thermal

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays the processor's thermal specification minus its

 

 

Margin

 

Hardware

 

options

 

current temperature, giving you a general indication of how

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

much hotter it can get before it is running hotter than what it

 

 

This BIOS setting is

 

 

 

 

 

is designed to handle.

 

 

present only on Intel®

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desktop Boards with

 

 

 

 

 

Example: Processor Thermal Margin = 10°C

 

 

certain processors

 

 

 

 

 

This processor can get about 10°C hotter than it is

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

currently running before it will exceed its thermal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specification.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Type

 

Main

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Zone

 

Advanced > Fan

 

• High

 

To adjust acoustics for non-Intel® fan heatsink solutions.

 

 

Damping

 

Control

 

• Normal

 

For more efficient fan heatsink solutions set the CPU Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

damping to High .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Zone

 

Advanced > Fan

 

• Aggressive

 

To adjust acoustics for non-Intel® fan heatsink solutions.

 

 

Response

 

Control

 

• Normal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Slow

 

For less efficient fan heatsink solutions, set CPU Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Response to Aggressive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more efficient fan heatsink solutions, set the CPU Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Response to Slow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Zone

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor zone temperature.

 

 

Temperature

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisioning Mode

 

Intel® ME > Intel®

 

• Enterprise

 

Configures the Intel® AMT provisioning mode.

 

 

 

 

Active

 

Small-Medium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management

 

Business

 

Enterprise mode supports both HTTP Digest and TLS

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

security, however this mode requires a provisioning server

 

 

 

 

Configuration >

 

 

 

to function.

 

 

 

 

Provisioning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

Small-Medium Business mode supports HTTP Digest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only (no TLS support).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisioning Server

 

Intel® ME > Intel®

 

User defined

 

Enter the address of the Provisioning Server in dot-decimal

 

 

Address

 

Active

 

 

 

notation.

 

 

 

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisioning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisioning Server

 

Intel® ME > Intel®

 

User defined

 

Enter the port of the Provisioning Server. Port number

 

 

Port

 

Active

 

 

 

range 0 - 65535.

 

 

 

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisioning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

PXE Boot to LAN

 

Boot

 

• Enabled

 

Disables or enables PXE boot to LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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