Chapter 4: BIOS

ACPI Aware O/S

This setting enables or disables ACPI support for the Operating System. Options include Yes for enable and No for disable.

ACPI APIC Support

Determines whether to include the ACPI APIC table pointer in the RSDT pointer list. The available options are Enabled and Disabled.

Headless Mode

Use this setting to Enable or Disable headless operation mode through ACPI.

ACPI Version Features

Use this setting the determine which ACPI version to use. Options are ACPI v1.0, ACPI v2.0 and ACPI v3.0.

IPMI Configuration

View BMC System Event Log

Pressing the Enter key will open the following settings. Use the "+" and "-" keys to navigate through the system event log.

Clear BMC System Event Log

Selecting this and pressing the Enter key will clear the BMC system event log.

Set LAN Configuration

This menu contains options for inputing settings for the SET LAN Configuration Command. See IPMI 1.5 Specification, table 11.1 for details. Use the "+" and "-" keys to choose the desired channel number.

Note: Each question in this group may take a considerable amount of time.

IP Address Source

Select the source of this machine's IP address. If Static is selected, you will need to know and enter manually the IP address of this machine below. If DHCP is selected, the BIOS will search for a DHCP (Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol) server in the network it is attached to, and request the next available IP address. The options are DHCP and Static.

The following items are assigned IP addresses automatically if DHCP is selected under IP Address Source above:

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SUPER MICRO Computer H8DI3+, H8DII+-F Ipmi Configuration View BMC System Event Log, Set LAN Configuration, IP Address Source

H8DII+, H8DI3+, H8DII+-F, H8DI3+-F specifications

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