Option
VT for Direct I/O
Maintenance screen options
Table 14. Maintenance options
Option
Service Tag
Asset Tag
SERR Messages
BIOS Downgrade
Data Wipe
BIOS Recovery
System Logs screen option
Table 15. System Logs screen option
Option
BIOS Events
Advanced configurations
Table 16. Advanced configurations
Option
Active State Power Management (ASPM)
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System setup
Description
This option specifies whether a virtual machine monitor can utilize
the additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel Virtualization
Technology for Direct I/O. This option is not enabled by default.
Description
Displays the Service Tag of your computer.
This option enables you to create a system asset tag if an asset tag
is not already set. This option is not set by default.
This option enables you to control the SERR message mechanism.
The Enable SERR Message option is enabled by default.
This controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
The option Allow BIOS downgrade is enabled by default.
This field enables you to erase the data securely from all internal
storage devices. Option Wipe on Next boot is not enabled by
default. The following is the list of devices affected:
•
Internal SATA HDD/SSD
•
Internal M.2 SATA SDD
•
Internal M.2 PCIe SSD
•
Internal eMMC
CAUTION:
All the information will be lost if you enable
this option.
This option enables you to recover certain corrupted BIOS
conditions from a recover file on the user's primary hard drive or an
external USB key.
•
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive—enabled by default
•
BIOS Auto-Recovery—disabled by default
Description
This option enables you to delete all the logs.
Description
ASPM is a power management mechanism for PCI Express devices
to garner power savings while otherwise in a fully active state. The
options include:
•
Auto — Communicattion between device and PCI Express hub.
•
Disabled — ASPM turned off at all times.
•
L1 Only — ASPM is set to use L1.