VPX3-TL BIOS Table of Contents Preface ..........................2 Table of Contents........................3 1 BIOS Setup Menu ......................5 Introduction ..........................5 Menu Selection Bar........................5 Menu Conventions ........................5 2 Getting Started......................... 6 BIOS Information ........................6 System Information ........................7 System Date/Time........................
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VPX3-TL BIOS 4.2.3 USB Configuration ...........................62 4.2.4 Security Configuration ........................63 4.2.5 HD Audio Configuration ........................64 4.2.6 Serial IO Configuration ........................65 4.2.7 PCH Thermal Throttling Control ......................66 5 Server Mgmt Menu ......................67 System Event Log........................68 View FRU information ......................69 BMC network configuration....................
VPX3-TL BIOS 1 BIOS Setup Menu Introduction The BIOS setup utility is invoked by pressing <ESC> or <DEL> keys. User can change BIOS settings during setup utility runs. A reset of system is required in order to make new settings take effect.
VPX3-TL BIOS 2 Getting Started The Main Menu provides read-only information about system and also allows to set system’s date and time. Refer to the tables below, it shows the screen shot of Main menu for detail, and submenus and settings as well.
VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description VBIOS Version / GOP Info-only. VBIOS Version: When video option ROM Version yyyy/x.y.zzzz is set to “Legacy Only”, it will show up. GOP Version: When video option ROM is set to “UEFI Only”, it will show up.
VPX3-TL BIOS Board Information Aptio Setup – AMI Main Board Information Serial Number Manufacturing Date Last Repair Date MAC ID Runtime Statistics Total Runtime 12h 51m Current Runtime 0h 01m 29s Power Cycles Boot Cycles Boot Reason Software-reset ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS 3 Advanced Menu This menu contains the settings for most of the user interfaces in the system. Aptio Setup – AMI Main Advanced Chipset Server Mgmt Security Boot Save & Exit > CPU Configuration CPU Configuration > Power & Performance Parameters >...
VPX3-TL BIOS Number of Processors Info-only. It shows what detail CPU information Microcode Revision Info-only. It shows what detail CPU information GT Info Info-only. It shows what detail CPU information eDRAM Size Info-only. It shows what detail CPU information L1 Instruction Cache Info-only.
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.2.1 CPU – Power Management Control Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced CPU – Power Management Control CPU – Power Management Control Options Boot performance mode [Turbo Performance] Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) [Enabled] Race To Halt (RTH) [Enabled] Intel(R) Speed Shift Technology...
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description MSR 1FC bit 20) Intel(R) Speed Shift Enabled Enable/Disable Intel(R) Speed Shift Technology Disabled Technology support. Enabling will expose the CPPC v2 interface to allow for hardware controlled P-states. Per Core P State OS...
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Platform PL1 Power 50000 Platform Power Limit 1 Power in Milli Watts. BIOS will round to the nearest 1/8W when programming. Any value can be programmed between Max and Min Power Limits (specified by PACKAGE_POWER_SKU_MSR).
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Power Limit 3 Settings Submenu CPU Lock Configuration Submenu CPU – Power Management Control View/Configure Turbo Options Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Current Turbo Settings Max Turbo Power Limit 4095.875 Min Turbo Power Limit Package TDP Limit 45.0...
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VPX3-TL BIOS 5-core Turbo Ratio Limit Info-only. Ratio (TRLR) 6-core Turbo Ratio Limit Info-only. Ratio (TRLR) Enabled Energy Efficient P-state Disabled Package Power Limit MSR Enabled Lock Disabled Energy Efficient Turbo Enabled Disabled CPU – Power Management Control Config TDP Configurations Aptio Setup –...
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Enabled Configurable TDP Mode Lock sets the Lock Disabled bits on TURBO_ACTIVATION_RATIO and CONFIG_TDP_CONTROL. Note: Configurable TDP Lock When CTDP Lock is enabled Custom ConfigTDP Count will be forced to 1 and Custom ConfigTDP Boot Index will be forced to 0.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Power Limit 2 value in Milli Watts. BIOS will round to the nearest 1/8W when programming. 0 = no custom override. For Power Limit 2 12.50W, enter 12500. Processor applies control policies such that the package power does not exceed this limit.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description PSYS Slope defined in 1/100 increments. Range is 0-200. For a 1.25 slope, enter PSYS Slope 125. 0 = AUTO. Uses BIOS VR mailbox command 0x9." PSYS Offset defined in 1/1000 increments. Range is 0-63999. For an offset of 25.348, PSYS Offset enter 25348.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Enabled Enabling this option will help mitigate Acoustic Noise Mitigation Disabled acoustic noise on certain SKUs when the CPU is in deeper C state Set the maximum Pre Wake randomization time in micro ticks. Range Pre Wake Time is 0-255.
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VPX3-TL BIOS CPU – Power Management Control CPU VR Settings VccIn VR Settings Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced VccIn VR Domain VR Config Enable [Enabled] Current AC Loadline Current DC Loadline Current Psi1 Threshold Current Psi2 Threshold Current Psi3 Threshold...
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description DC Loadline defined in 1/100 mOhms. A value of 100 = 1.00 mOhm, and 1255 = DC Loadline 12.55 mOhm. Range is 0-6249 (0-62.49 mOhms). 0 = AUTO/HW default. Uses BIOS mailbox command 0x2.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description ms, 5 ms, 6 ms, 7 ms, 1ms is default. Range from 1ms to 10ms, 8 ms, 10 ms except for 9ms. 9ms has no valid encoding in the MSR definition. Enabled TDC Lock...
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VPX3-TL BIOS CPU – Power Management Control Custom P-state Table Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Custom P-state Table Number of P states ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F8: Previous Values F9: Optimized Default F10: Save &...
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VPX3-TL BIOS CPU – Power Management Control Power Limit 3 Settings Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Power Limit 3 Override [Disabled] ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F8: Previous Values F9: Optimized Default F10: Save &...
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.2.2 GT – Power Management Control Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced GT – Power Management Control RC6(Render Standby) [Enabled] Maximum GT frequency [Default Max Frequency] Disable Turbo GT frequency [Enabled] ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt.
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.4 Power Management Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Power Management Enable ACPI Auto Configuration [Disabled] Power-Up Mode [Turn On] ATTENTION: The Power-Up Mode only has effect, if the module is in ATX-Mode. > Power Consumption ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.4.1 Power Consumption Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Power Consumption Main Current XXX A Current Input Power XXX W XXX V 5VSB XXX V XXX V 3.3V XXX V VMEM XXX V 3.3VSB XXX V VCORE XXX V ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS Enabled Tcc Offset Clamp bit Enable for Running Tcc Offset Clamp Enable Disabled Average Temperature Limit(RATL) feature to allow CPU to throttle below P1. Enabled Lock Enable for Running Average Tcc Offset Lock Enable Disabled Temperature Limit(RATL) feature to lock Temperature Target MSR.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Disabled, 80 C, 90 C, This value controls the temperature of the Critical Trip Point 95 C, 100 C ACPI Critical Trip Point - the point in which the OS will shut the system off.
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.6.3 Temperatures Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Temperatures and Fan Speed CPU Temperature Current 100 C Startup 50 C 26 C 100 C Board Temperatures Current 48 C Startup 28 C 17 C 60 C ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.8 Super IO Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Super IO Configuration > NCT5104DSEC Super IO Configuration ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F8: Previous Values F9: Optimized Default F10: Save & Exit...
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Super IO Chip Info-only Serial Port x Configuration Submenu NCT5104DSEC Super IO Configuration Serial Port x Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI. Advanced Serial Port x Configuration Serial Port [Enabled] Device Settings IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; Change Settings [Auto] ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.9 VPX Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced VPX Configuration WOL From S5 [ON] Active Cooling Trip Point [Refer to BMC] Passive Cooling Trip Point [Disabled] Critical Trip Point [Disabled] Watchdog ACPI Event Shutdown [Disabled] PCIE_BFR_SEL [1x8 + 2x4]...
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Interrupt trigger Indicates whether the GPIO Pin is No Interrupt interrupted. Write 0x00 to clear the EC_GPI0 interrupt and EC_GPIO_INT will be changed to high level Interrupt trigger Indicates whether the GPIO Pin is No Interrupt interrupted.
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.10 USB Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced USB Configuration USB Module Version USB Controllers: 1 XHCI USB Devices: 1 Drive, 1 Keyboard, 1 Mouse, 1 Hub Legacy USB Support [Enabled] XHCI Hand-off [Enabled] USB Mass Storage Driver Support...
VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Auto, Manual Maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the Host Device power-up delay Controller. 'Auto' uses default value: for a Root port it is 100 ms, for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor.
VPX3-TL BIOS 3.12.1 Console Redirection Settings Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced COMx Emulation: ANSI: Console Redirection Settings Extended ASCII char set. VT100: ASCII char Terminal Type [ANSI] set. VT100+: Extends Bits per second [115200] VT100 to support color, Data Bits function keys, etc.
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VPX3-TL BIOS None, Even, Odd, Mark, Parity Configures if parity bit is generated Space (transmit data) or checked. A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. Even: parity bit is 0 if the num of 1's in the data bits is even.
VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Wait time in seconds to press ESC key to PXE boot wait time abort the PXE boot. Use either +/- or numeric keys to set the value. Number of times the presence of media Media detect count will be checked.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description SHA256 PCR Bank Disable Enable or Disable SHA256 PCR Bank Enable None Schedule an Operation for the Security TPM Clear Device. NOTE: Your Computer will reboot Pending operation during restart in order to change State of Security Device.
VPX3-TL BIOS 4 Chipset Menu This menu contains the settings for most of the chipset I/O in the system. Aptio Setup – AMI Main Advanced Chipset Server Mgmt Security Boot Save & Exit > System Agent (SA) Configuration > PCH-IO Configuration ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS Disabled Enable/Disable Timed GPIO0. When Enabled disabled, it disables cross time stamp Enable Timed GPIO0 time-synchronization as extension of Hammock Harbor time synchronization. Disabled Enable/Disable Timed GPIO1. When Enabled disabled, it disables cross time stamp Enable Timed GPIO1 time-synchronization as extension of Hammock Harbor time synchronization.
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VPX3-TL BIOS > Software Feature Mask Submenu Configuration Disabled Enable PCH to aggressively enter link Aggressive LPM Support Enabled power state. SATA Controller Speed Default, Gen1, Gen2, Indicates the maximum speed the SATA Gen3 controller can support. Serial ATA Port 0...
VPX3-TL BIOS 4.2.3 USB Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Chipset USB Configuration xDCI Support [Disabled] USB2 PHY Sus Well Power Gating [Enabled] USB3 Link Speed Selection [GEN1] USB PDO Programming [Enabled] XHCI LTR Mode [Enabled] USB Overcurrent [Enabled] USB Overcurrent Lock [Enabled] ><: Select Screen...
VPX3-TL BIOS 5 Server Mgmt Menu This menu contains the settings for IPMI BMC in the system. Aptio Setup – AMI Main Advanced Chipset Server Mgmt Security Boot Save & Exit BMC Self Test Status PASSED BMC Device ID BMC Device Revision BMC Firmware Revision 1.05...
VPX3-TL BIOS 5.1 System Event Log Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt Enabling/Disabling Options SEL Components [Enabled] Erasing Settings Erase SEL [No] When SEL is Full [Do Nothing] Custom EFI Logging Options Log EFI Status Codes [Error code NOTE: All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted.
VPX3-TL BIOS 5.2 View FRU information Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt FRU information Board Manufacturer ADLINK Board Product VPX3-TL Board Serial Number PPS0000001 Board Part Number 55-31129 Product Manufacturer ADLINK Product Name VPX3-TL Product Part Number 91-31129 Product Version...
VPX3-TL BIOS 5.3 BMC network configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt --BMC network configuration-- ********************** Configure IPv4 support ********************** Lan channel 1 Configuration Address source [Unspecified] Current Configuration Address StaticAddress source Station IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Subnet mask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Station MAC address...
VPX3-TL BIOS 5.4 ADLINK IPMI Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt PCB Version Geographical Address 0x1C System Controller Host NVMRO Signal Non Protect Heater Status IPMI Product ID PCIe SKU NVMRO item Control [Non-Protect] REF_CLK Support [Enabled] AUK_CLK Support...
VPX3-TL BIOS 6 Security Menu This menu contains the settings for security in the system. Aptio Setup – AMI Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit Password Description If ONLY the Administrator’s password is set, then this only limits access to Setup and is Only asked for when entering Setup.
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VPX3-TL BIOS BIOS Item Options Description HDD Security Submenu For HDD security, it will list all HDD Configuration detected on motherboard. Select the then press enter figure/clear HDD password. Secure Boot menu Submenu When selecting a HDD to configure passwords, BIOS will enter another new BIOS setup page like below.
VPX3-TL BIOS 7 Boot Menu This menu contains the settings for bootable devices in the system. Aptio Setup – AMI. Main Advanced Chipset Server Mgmt Security Boot Save & Exit Boot Configuration Setup Prompt Timeout Bootup NumLock State [On] Quiet Boot...
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VPX3-TL BIOS Boot Option #1~#11 Hard Disk Set system boot order. NVME CD/DVD USB Hard Disk USB CD/DVD USB Key USB Floppy USB Lan Network Disabled...
VPX3-TL BIOS 8 Save & Exit Aptio Setup – AMI Main Advanced Chipset Server Mgmt Security Boot Save & Exit Save Options Exit system setup after Save Changes and Exit saving the changes. Discard Changes and Exit Save Changes and Reset...
VPX3-TL BIOS Important Safety Instructions For user safety, please read and follow all instructions, WARNINGS, CAUTIONS, and NOTES marked in this manual and on the associated equipment before handling/operating the equipment. 1. Read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this user’s manual for future reference.
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VPX3-TL BIOS 8. This equipment is not suitable for use in locations where children are likely to be present. 9. Equipment must be serviced by authorized technicians when: • The power cord or plug is damaged; • Liquid has penetrated the equipment;...
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