VPX6200 BIOS Table of Contents Preface ..........................2 Table of Contents ........................3 1 BIOS Setup Menu ......................5 1.1 Introduction..........................5 1.2 Menu Selection Bar ........................ 5 1.3 Menu Conventions ........................5 2 Getting Started ......................... 6 2.1 BIOS Information ........................7 2.2 System Information .........................
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VPX6200 BIOS 4.2.6 Serial IO Configuration ........................60 4.2.7 PCH Thermal Throttling Control ..................... 61 5 Server Mgmt Menu ......................62 5.1 System Event Log ........................ 63 5.2 View FRU Information......................64 5.3 BMC Network Configuration ....................65 5.4 ADLINK IPMI Configuration ....................66 5.5 View System Event Log ......................
VPX6200 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.
VPX6200 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.
VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Information BIOS Item Options Description BIOS Vendor Info-only. Display vendor name of system BIOS. American Megatrends BIOS Version Info-only. Display version of booting BIOS. x.yy.zz Build Date Info-only. It shows the date that BIOS was built. MM/DD/YYYY SEMA Firmware Version Info-only.
VPX6200 BIOS System Date/Time BIOS Item Options Description System Date MM/DD/YYYY For configuring/showing system date. When setting the Date, use <Tab> key to switch between Date elements. System Time HH:MM:SS For configuring/showing system time. When setting the Time, use <Tab> key to switch between Time elements.
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VPX6200 BIOS seconds the system is running in S0 state. This counter is cleared when the system is removed from the external power supply. Boot Cycles Info-only. The boot cycle is increased after a HW or SW reset or after a successful power- Boot Reason Info-only.
VPX6200 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 >...
VPX6200 BIOS Intel Trusted Execution Enabled Enables utilization of additional hardware Disabled Technology capabilities provided by Intel (R) Trusted Execution Technology. Changes require a full power cycle to take effect. Power & Performance Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced >CPU – Power Management Control CPU –...
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VPX6200 BIOS > CPU VR Settings Platform PL1 Enable [Disabled] Platform PL2 Enable [Disabled] Power Limit 4 Override [Disabled] ^v: Select Item C states [Disabled] Enter: Select Thermal Monitor [Enabled] +/-: Change Opt. Interrupt Redirection Mode Selection [Fixed Priority] F1: General Help...
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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description HwP Fast MSR Support Enabled Enable/Disable HwP Fast MSR Support for Disabled IA32_HWP_REQUEST MSR. HDC Control Enabled This option allows HDC configuration. Disabled Config TDP Configurations Submenu CPU VR Settings Submenu Platform PL1 Enable...
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VPX6200 BIOS CTDP BIOS control Disabled ConfigTDP Levels ConfigTDP Turbo Activation Ratio 25 (Unlocked) Power Limit 1 25.0W (MSR:35.0) Power Limit 2 56.250W (MSR:56.250) Custom Settings Nominal ConfigTDP Nominal Ratio:26 TAR:25 PL1:45.0W ><: Select Screen Power Limit 1 25000 ^v: Select Item...
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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Value must be between Max and Min Power Limits (specified by PACKAGE_POWER_SKU_MSR). Other SKUs: This value must be between Min Power Limit and TDP Power Limit 2 value in Milli Watts. BIOS will round to the nearest 1/8W when programming.
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VPX6200 BIOS CPU – Power Management Control CPU VR Settings Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced CPU VR Settings PSYS Slope PSYS Offset PSYS Prefix PSYS PMax Power Min Voltage Override [Disabled] > Acoustic Noise Settings > VccIn VR Settings >...
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VPX6200 BIOS CPU – Power Management Control CPU VR Settings Acoustic Noise Settings Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Acoustic Noise Settings Acoustic Noise Mitigation [Disabled] Pre Wake Time Ramp Up Time Ramp Down Time VccIn VR Domain Disable Fast PKG C State Ramp for...
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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Fast/16 number is 2, 4, 8, 16 to slow down the slew rate to help minimize acoustic noise CPU – Power Management Control CPU VR Settings VccIn VR Settings Aptio Setup – AMI...
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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description AC Loadline defined in 1/100 mOhms. A value of 100 = 1.00 mOhm, and 1255 = AC 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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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description TDC Current Limit, defined in 1/8A increments. Range 0-32767. For a TDC TDC Current Limit Current Limit of 125A, enter 1000. 0 = 0 Amps. Uses BIOS VR mailbox command 0x1A. 1 ms, 2 ms, 3 ms, 4 TDC Time Window, value in milliseconds.
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VPX6200 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 &...
VPX6200 BIOS 3.3.1 Voltage Monitor Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Voltage Monitor XXX V 5VSB XXX V XXX V 3.3V XXX V VMEM XXX V 3.3VSB XXX V XXX V VCORE ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt.
VPX6200 BIOS Enabled Tcc Offset Clamp bit Enable for Running Disabled Tcc Offset Clamp Enable 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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VPX6200 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.
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VPX6200 BIOS Disabled, 15 C, 23 C, This value controls the temperature of the 31 C, 39 C, 47 C, 55 C, ACPI Passive Trip Point - the point in which Passive Trip Point 63 C, 71 C, 79 C, 87 C, the OS will begin throttling the processor.
VPX6200 BIOS 3.5.3 Temperatures Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced Temperatures and Fan Speed CPU Temperature Current xx C Startup xx C xx C xx C At the Front Edge Temperatures Current xx C Startup xx C xx C xx C ><: Select Screen...
VPX6200 BIOS 3.7 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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VPX6200 BIOS NCT5104DSEC Super IO Configuration Serial Port x Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI. Advanced Serial Port x Configuration Serial Port [Enabled] Device Settings IO=240; IRQ=4; Change Settings [Auto] ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt.
VPX6200 BIOS 3.8 VPX Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced VPX Configuration Watchdog ACPI Event Shutdown [Disabled] COM1 port mode [RS232] COM2 port mode [RS232] CPU TDP Power Limit 1 Config [25W] PCIe Scan Delay EC GPIO Options GPIO Pin Direction...
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VPX6200 BIOS Input Mode Indicates whether the GPIO Pin is Output Mode interrupted. Write 0x00 to clear the GPIO Pin Direction interrupt and EC_GPIO_INT will be changed to high level No interrupt, Interrupt both When GPIO Pin is input mode, it supports...
VPX6200 BIOS 3.9 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...
VPX6200 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.
VPX6200 BIOS 3.13 Trusted Computing Aptio Setup – AMI Advanced TPM 2.0 Device Found Firmware Version: 7.85 Vendor: Security Device Support [Enabled] Active PCR banks SHA256 Available PCR banks SHA256 SHA256 PCR Bank [Enabled] Pending operation [None] [Enabled] Platform Hierarchy...
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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Version Version 1.2 or 1.3. Note some HCK tests might not support 1.3. Select the Communication Interface to TPM 2.0 InterfaceType TPM 20 Device. TPM 1.2 TPM 1.2 will restrict support to TPM 1.2 TPM 2.0...
VPX6200 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...
VPX6200 BIOS ESC: Exit BIOS Item Options Description Disabled Enable/Disable to VMD controller Enable VMD controller Enabled Enabled VMD Global Disabled Enable/Disable to VMD Global Mapping Mapping Enabled Map this Root Port under Disabled Enable/Disable to Map this Root Port...
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VPX6200 BIOS Enabled for each root port. PCI Express Power Gating Disabled PCI Express Power Gating Enable/Disable Enabled for each root port. PCIe function swap Disabled When Disabled, prevents PCIE rootport Enabled function swap. If any function other than 0th is enabled, 0th will become visible.
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VPX6200 BIOS LTR Lock [Disabled] ^v: Select Item Enter: Select CPU PCIe Gen3 HWEQ Config +/-: Change Opt. UPTP F1: General Help DPTP F8: Previous Values F9: Optimized Default CPU PCIe Gen4 HWEQ Config F10: Save & Exit UPTP ESC: Exit...
VPX6200 BIOS Disabled Enable/Disable TCO timer. When disabled, Enabled it disables PCH ACPI timer, stops TCO Enable TCO Timer timer, and ACPI WDAT table will not be published. Disabled Enable/Disable Timed GPIO0. When Enabled disabled, it disables cross time stamp...
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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Disabled SATA Controller(s) Enable/Disable SATA Device. Enabled AHCI Intel RST Premium Determines how SATA controller(s) SATA Mode Selection With Intel Optane operate. System Acceleration Disabled Test Mode Enable/Disable (Loop Back). SATA Test Mode Enabled Submenu >...
VPX6200 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...
VPX6200 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 0.04...
VPX6200 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.
VPX6200 BIOS 5.2 View FRU Information Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt FRU information Board Manufacturer ADLINK Board Product VPX6200 Board Serial Number PPS0000001 Board Part Number 55-31129 Product Manufacturer ADLINK Product Name VPX6200 Product Part Number 91-31129 Product Version...
VPX6200 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...
VPX6200 BIOS 5.4 ADLINK IPMI Configuration Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt PCB Version Geographical Address 0x1E System Controller Host NVMRO Signal Non Protect NVMRO item Control [Non-Protect] SYS_RESET Support [Enabled] GA Status It’s GA 17 SBC Control Status 3x SBC (GA17/18/19)
VPX6200 BIOS 5.5 View System Event Log Aptio Setup – AMI Server Mgmt No. of log entries in SEL : xxx DATE TIME SENSOR TYPE ><: Select Screen ^v: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F8: Previous Values F9: Optimized Default F10: Save &...
VPX6200 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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VPX6200 BIOS BIOS Item Options Description Secure Boot menu Submenu When selecting a HDD to configure passwords, BIOS will enter another new BIOS setup page like below. The method of configuring HDD password is the same as BIOS passwords. Once password is set, it will reflect the status on the screen, like ‘INSTALLED’ change on ‘HDD User Pwd Status’.
VPX6200 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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VPX6200 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...
VPX6200 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...
VPX6200 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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VPX6200 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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