Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the de- pendency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc- tion embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
ACPI Aware O/S
Enable ACPI support if it is supported by the OS to control ACPI through the Operat- ing System. Otherwise, disable this feature. The options are Yes and No.
ACPI APIC Support
Select Enabled to include the ACPI APIC Table Pointer in the RSDT (Root System Description Table) pointer list. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
APIC ACPI SCI IRQ
When this item is set to Enabled, APIC ACPI SCI IRQ is supported by the system. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Headless Mode
This feature is used to enable the system to function without a keyboard, monitor or mouse attached The options are Enabled and Disabled.
ACPI Version Features
The options are ACPI v1.0, ACPI v2.0 and ACPI v3.0. Please refer to ACPI's website for further explanation: http://www.acpi.info/
IPMI Configuration (X8SIA-F Only)
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a set of common interfaces that IT administrators can use to monitor system health and to manage the system as a whole. For more information on the IPMI specifications, please visit Intel's website at www.intel.com.
IPMI Firmware Revision
This item displays the current IPMI firmware revision.
Status of BMC
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) manages the interface between system management software and platform hardware. This is an informational feature which returns the status code of the BMC micro controller.
