SUPER MICRO Computer 1.0a user manual Plug & Play OS, PCI Latency Timer, PCI Cache Line Size

Chapter 7: BIOS

Plug & Play OS

Selecting Yes allows the OS to configure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required for system boot if Plug & Play is supported by your OS.) Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system.

PCI Latency Timer

This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus. Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224 and 248.

PCI Cache Line Size

This feature sets the cache line size of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus. The options are 16, 32, 64, and 128 (MB).

PCI IDE BusMaster

When enabled, the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading/writing to IDE drives. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

SXB1 PCI-E 2.0 x16/x8 Option ROM/SXB3 PCI-E 2.0 x8 Option ROM/SXB2 PCI-E 2.0 x8/x4 Option ROM/SXB2 PCI-E 2.0 x4 Option ROM

Select Enabled to enable PCI-E slots indicated above. It can also enable Option ROMs specified to boot computer using a network interface from these slots. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Onboard LAN Option ROM Select

Select iSCSI to use iSCSI Option ROMs to boot the computing using a network device. Select iSCSI to use PXE Option ROMs to boot the computing using a network device. The options are iSCSI and PXE.

Load Onboard LAN1~LAN4 Option ROM

Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1, LAN2, LAN3 or LAN4 Option ROM. This is to boot computer using a network interface. The options are Enabled and

Disabled.

Boot Graphics Adapter Priority

This feature allows the user to specify which graphics controller to be used as the primary boot graphics controller. The options are Onboard VGA, SXB1 PCI-E 2.0 x16, and Offboard VGA.

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