Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST. Select Report for host systems that have keyboards attached. Select
Do Not Report to suppress all error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboard controller during POST. This setting does not affect
the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the system.

Asset Tag

Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system if an asset tag number has been assigned. To enter an asset tag
number of up to 10 characters into NVRAM, see "

Assigning or Deleting an Asset Tag Number

Option

Description

Bus Speed

Displays the bus speed of the processors.

Logical
Processor
(Enabled
default)

Displays when the processors support HyperThreading. Enabled permits all logical processors to be used by the operating system. Only the
first logical processor of each processor installed in the system is used by the operating system if Disabled is selected.

Processor X ID Displays the family and model number of each processor.

Core Speed

Displays the clock speed of the processor(s).

Level X Cache Displays the amount of cache memory for the processor.

Option

Description

Diskette Controller
(Auto default)

Enables or disables the system's diskette drive controller. When Auto is selected, the system turns off the controller when necessary to
accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot. You can also configure the drive as read-only. When using the read-only
setting, the drive cannot be used to write to a disk.

IDE Controller
(Auto default)

Enables the integrated IDE controller. When set to Auto, each channel of the integrated IDE controller is enabled if IDE devices are
attached to the channel and the external IDE controller is not detected.

SATA Controller
(ATA default)

Allows the integrated SATA controller to be set to Off, ATA, or RAID. Off disables the SATA subsystem. ATA sets the SATA subsystem to
Native IDE mode. RAID sets the SATA subsystem to RAID mode.

NOTE:

RAID mode supports two drives (0 and 1). ATA mode supports all four drives.

USB Controller
(On with BIOS
support default)

Enables or disables the system's USB ports. Options are On with BIOS support, On without BIOS support, or Off. Disabling the USB
ports makes system resources available for other devices.

Embedded Gb NIC
(Enabled with PXE
default)

Enables or disables the system's integrated NIC. Options are Enabled without PXE, Enabled with PXE, and Disabled. PXE support
allows the system to boot from the network. Changes take effect after the system reboots.

MAC Address

Displays the MAC address for the integrated 10/100/1000 NIC. This field does not have user-selectable settings.

Serial Port 1
(COM1 default)

Serial Port 1 options are COM1, COM3, BMC Serial, BMC NIC, and Off. If an optional remote access controller (RAC) is installed in the
system, RAC is an additional option.

Serial port 1 shares three usage models. For standard usage, serial port 1 attempts to use COM1 first, and then COM3. For BMC usage,
serial port 1 uses the COM1 address and communication can be either via the Serial port or the integrated shared NIC. RAC control uses
only the COM1 address.

NOTE:

Off and COM3 are not available options when Console Redirection is set to use Serial Port 1.

Parallel Port
(378h default)

Sets the address for the integrated parallel port. The options are 378h, 278h, 3BCh, and Off.

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