PXE ......................26 OOTING FROM NETWORK VIA ....................30 OARD ONNECTOR PLACEMENT LED B ............................32 EHAVIOUR 2.4.1 LED Board ....................................32 2.4.2 Fan Board ....................................33 User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 2...
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Setup POST & Boot Menu ..............................74 3.2.6 Security Setup..................................77 3.2.7 Save & Exit Menu ................................. 78 APPENDIX A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................80 APPENDIX B GLOSSARY ....................81 User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 3...
Copyright The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted by Advantech Co., Ltd. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd.
(A). 18. RESTRICTED ACCESS AREA: The equipment should only be installed in a Restricted Access Area. 19. DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704-1. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein.
CE M The CE marking on this product indicates that it is in compliance with the European Union EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, Safety Directive 2014/35/EU. User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 8...
Because of Advantech’s high quality-control standards and rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use our repair service. If an Advantech product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time and freight.
6*bays of 2.5” SATAIII HDD/SSD or 4*bays of 2.5” U.2 NVMe plus 2bays of 2.5” SATAIII HDD/SSD. For PCIe expansion, SKY-7223D was capable to support up to 4*bays of PCIeX16 FHFL expansion card or 2*bays of PCIeX16 FHFL plus 4bays of PCIeX8 HHFL expansion card. Furthermore, double-width PCIeX16 FHFL expansion card was support by utilizing two spaces of single-width card.
PCIeX16 FHFL expansion card was support by utilizing two spaces of single-width card. From I/O perspective, SKY-7223D came with 2*sets of GbE RJ45, 6*sets of 10G SFP+, 2*sets of USB3.0, 1*set of VGA, 1*set of GbE management port, and 1*set of RJ45 console port, respectively.
PCBA & System layout Figure 1.3.1: PCBA Layout Figure 1.3.2: System Layout User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 12...
SKY-7223D main board supports dual-socket INTEL® 2 Gen XEON® scalable processor (Cascade lake family). For details of the XEON® scalable processor, please refer to Intel. Please follow Intel’s instruction to install Xeon on SKY-7223D main board. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000023869/processors/intel-xeon- processors.html Figure 1.5.1.1: Combine heatsink with clip and CPU, install where blue arrow shows Figure 1.5.1.2: Tighten screw by the instruction on heatsink sticker...
1.5.2 M EMORY SKY-7223D supports up to 16*DIMMs up to 2933 MHz memory DDR4 ECC RDIMM. For the location of the memory modules, see system layout section. Figure 1.5.2.1: Install memory Figure 1.5.2.2: Install fan duck after memory installation completed...
1.5.3 2.5” SATA HDD/SSD SKY-7223D supports up to 6*2.5” SATA HDD/SSD bays Step 1. Put 2.5" SATA/NVMe HDD in the HDD tray. Figure 1.5.3.1: 2.5” HDD tray Step 2. Insert 2.5" SATA/NVMe HDD tray in to 2.5” HDD bay. Figure 1.5.3.2: 2.5” HDD tray installation...
1.5.4 PCI SKY-7223D was capable to support up to 4bays of PCIeX16 FHFL expansion card or 2bays of PCIeX16 FHFL plus 4bays of PCIeX8 HHFL expansion card. Furthermore, double-width PCIeX16 FHFL expansion card was support by utilizing two spaces of single-width card.
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Step 3. Install PCIe Expansion Cage Back to the Chassis Figure 1.5.4.3: PCIe Expansion Cage Installation User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 18...
Optimum Mounting Environment 1.6.1 S PACE EQUIREMENT Please always keep 20cm space around platform for better thermal dissipation if not running SKY-7223D on rack. 1.6.2 T EMPERATURE EQUIREMENT Please make sure environment condition before power on this system: Operating temperature -5 ~ 45 °C (23 ~ 113 °F) with air flow speed 0.7 m/sec ...
Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum recommended ambient temperature. Figure 1.7.4.1: Chassis Installation Figure 1.7.4.2: Stabilized Screw User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 22...
Install/remove Power Supply component Power supply unit is modularized design for SKY-7223D. Please install as below instruction. Figure 1.8.1: CRPS Module Installation User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 23...
Install/remove Fan module Fan modular can be swappable with N+1 redundant design for SKY-7223D. Please install as below instruction. Figure 1.9.1: Fan Module Installation User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 24...
This method forces the server to enter standby mode without properly exiting applications and the OS. If an application stops responding, you can use this method to force a shutdown. User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 25...
Below are the steps to enable PXE boot. 1. It needs to set BIOS/ Advanced-> Network Stack Configuration-> Network Stack as enabled (default setting is disabled) Figure 2.2.1: PXE BIOS Options User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 26...
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3. Save BIOS and reboot system. The BIOS will show “Checking Media Presence..”, if system is not connected PXE server, it will show “No Media Present..” Figure 2.2.3: System Reboot User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 27...
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OS which usually consists of multiple files which decompressed and installed into a RAM disk. The detailed process and required configuration of such network install will heavily User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 28...
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Please note that it is recommended to setup a separate network / subnet for network booting as the DHCP required for PXE booting may conflict with existing DHCP servers in your network. User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 29...
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Port 80 Bit 0 LED Indicator Port 80 Bit 1 LED Indicator Port 80 Bit 2 LED Indicator Port 80 Bit 3 LED Indicator Port 80 Bit 4 LED Indicator User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 31...
Push button with LED for power status indicator ID Button Push button with LED for identify status indicator Status LED LED for system status indicator Table 2.4.1.1: Major Hardware Function of SKY-7120LED User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 32...
Figure 2.4.1.2: SKY-7120LED Board Block Diagram 2.4.2 F OARD Figure 2.4.2.1: Fan Board The following table shows the major functions of mainboard SKY-7223D FAN. 2x4 box header for fan module connection Box Header 2x5 box header for mainboard connection Box Header Table2.4.2.1: Major Hardware Function of SKY-7223D FAN...
Table 2.4.4.1: RJ-45 Connector LED Indication 2.4.5 H 2.5” swapable hard disk tray is used in SKY-7223D system. The following figures are the front view and 3D view of the tray. Figure 2.4.5.1: Front View of 2.5” Hard Disk Tray Figure 2.4.5.2: 3D View of 2.5”...
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2 Fast Blink at 4 Hz & Pause for 0.5 sec. Hot Spare In a Critical Array In a Failed Array Table 2.4.5.1: HDD Tray LED Indication User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 35...
3. BIOS SKY-7223D BIOS is based on AMI’s APTIO BIOS and compliant to the UEFI, SMBIOS and ACPI specifications. The BIOS performs probing, initialization and configuration of the SKY-7223D and initializes the OS boot process at the end of POST (Power-On-Self-Test).
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Auxiliary text providing information about the selected setup item is displayed in the top right corner. Figure 3.2.2: BIOS Setup Screen Organization User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 37...
UEFI Spec revision that the BIOS complies Display only BIOS Information Advantech BIOS Version info EX: mmmm Vx.yz mmmm : model name Project Version Display only X : major version Yz: minor version User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 38...
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Shows current NVRAM ver. System Selects the Setup Menu Language. Only Display only Language English is supported on the SKY-7223D Displays and sets the system date as used System Date MM/DD/YY by the BIOS Displays and sets the system time as used...
ETUP Select the Platform tab from the SKY-7223D setup screen to enter the Platform Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as the Trusted Computing Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item.
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115200 Data Bits 7 / 8 Defines number of data bits in a character. Stop Bits 1 / 2 Defines number of stop bits in a character. User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 41...
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POST BootLoader disabled before booting into a Legacy OS. “Always Enable” means Legacy console Redirection is enabled permanently. Table 3.2.2.1.1: Platform Setup: COM0 Console Redirection Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 42...
Enables I/O port 60h/64h emulation support Emulation Disabled USB transfer time- 1sec / 5sec / The time-out value for Control, Bulk, and 10sec / 20sec Interrupt transfers. User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 43...
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Auto will support both or set the support for Configuration TPM1.2 the TPM 1.2 or TPM2.0. TPM2.0 Current Status Support Turned Display Only Is displayed when TPM support is disabled information User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 44...
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Security Device. TCG EFI protocol Disable TPM20 and INT1A interface will not be available. Device Found Enable SHA-1 PCR Enable/Disable SHA-1 PCR Bank Bank Disable User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 45...
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PNP0C31 TPM 2.0 HID Linux kernel version 4.4 and to use PNP0C31 for Linux kernel with previous version from 4.4 Table 3.2.2.3.2: Trusted Computing Menu with TPM2.0 User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 46...
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State of Security Device. Auto Auto will support both or set the support for Device Select the TPM 1.2 or TPM2.0. Table 3.2.2.3.4: Trusted Computing Menu with TPM2.0 User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 47...
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I/O device SR-IOV Support If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Enable Devices, this option Enables or Disables Disable Single Root IO Virtualization Support Table 3.2.2.4.1: Virtualization Menu User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 48...
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C2 state Package C State limit. The "waking-up C6(non time" will be longer if Package C state limit Retention) state setting is deep C state support. C6(Retention) state User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 49...
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Selects whether BIOS or Operating System Energy chooses energy performance bias tuning. Performance BIOS Controls Tuning WHEA Support Enable Enable or disable the WHEA support Disable Table 3.2.2.5.1: Platform Management Menu User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 50...
However, those terms are kept consistent with previous products to allow users to navigate more easily. The sub menus are described on the following pages. Figure 3.2.3.1: Hardware Configuration Menu User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 51...
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Method to enable/disable logical processor Disable threads. None Execute Disable Enable Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory where application Disable code can be executed and cannot User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 52...
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Enable or disable DCU IP Prefetcher Enable feature. DCU IP Prefetcher Disable DCU IP prefetcher is an L1 data cache prefetcher (MSR 1A4h [3]). Table 3.2.3.1.1: Processor Configuration Menu User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 53...
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Enable or Disable Non uniform Memory Numa Access (NUMA) Disable Auto IMC Interleaving Select IMC Interleaving settings 1-way Interleave 2-way Interleave Auto Channel 1-way Interleave Select Channel Interleaving setting Interleaving 2-way Interleave User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 54...
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This sub-menu contains settings for the PCIe subsystem. Some menu items are referred to as “PCI” settings. Although the SKY-7223D does not implement a PCI bus, these settings still apply to the platform as PCIe is using the same configuration mechanism as PCI.
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Device Technology on specific root port Disable Auto Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s) PORT 1D Link Change PCI Express Devices Settings. Speed Gen 2 (5 GT/s) Gen 3 (8 GT/s) User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 56...
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Enable/Disable Intel® Volume Management PORT 2D VMD Device Technology on specific root port Disable x4x4x4x4 x4x4x8 x8x4x4 IOU3 - PCIe Port Select PCIe port bifurcation x8x8 Auto User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 57...
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VMD Hot Plug Enable/Disable Hot Plug for PCIe Root PCIe port Capable Ports Disable control Auto PORT 1A Link Change PCI Express Devices Settings. Speed Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s) User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 58...
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Enable/Disable Hot Plug for PCIe Root Capable Ports Disable Auto Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s) PORT 2A Link Change PCI Express Devices Settings. Speed Gen 2 (5 GT/s) Gen 3 (8 GT/s) User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 59...
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Device Technology on specific root port Disable Auto Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s) PORT 3B Link Change PCI Express Devices Settings. Speed Gen 2 (5 GT/s) Gen 3 (8 GT/s) User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 60...
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Device Technology on specific root port Disable Table 3.2.3.3.1: Hardware Setup: PCI Subsystem Menu Items 3.2.3.4 UPI Configuration This sub-menu contains settings for the UPI configuration. Figure 3.2.3.4.1: Hardware Setup: UPI configuration User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 61...
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Allows for Selecting the UPI link frequency 9.6 GB/s Use Per Link Setting Enabled Link0p Enable Enable/disable Link0 Disabled Enabled Link1p Enable Enable/disable Link1 Disabled Table 3.2.3.4.1: Hardware Setup: QPI configuration Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 62...
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Enable or Disable PCH’s CCRID PCH state after Power on/Power Select S0/S5 for ACPI state after a G3 Off/Last State Table 3.2.3.4.2: Hardware Setup: South Bridge Configuration Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 63...
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SATA Port0 Display only SATA Port1 Display only SATA Port2 Display only SATA Port3 Display only Show current SATA devices in use on the SKY-7223D SATA Port4 Display only SATA Port5 Display only sSATA Port1 Display only sSATA Port2 Display only...
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Designates this port as Hot Pluggable Disabled Enabled sSATA Hot Plug #Port 2 Designates this port as Hot Pluggable Disabled Table 3.2.3.5.1.1: Hardware Setup: SATA configuration Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 65...
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3.2.3.6 USB Configuration This menu contains settings for the USB configuration. Figure 3.2.3.6.1: Hardware Setup: USB configuration User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 66...
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Disable Connector (physical port) Disabled Enabled USB 3.0 Port #3 Enable/Disable this USB Physical Disable Connector (physical port) Disabled Table 3.2.3.6.1: Hardware Setup: USB configuration Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 67...
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(OS/S4 sleep state), this option may be not Hibernation Disabled effective with some O.S Enabled Lock Legacy Enable lock of legacy resources Resources Disabled Table 3.2.3.7.1: Hardware Setup: ACPI configuration Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 68...
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Group Setup item Description Options Enabled System error enabling and logging setup None System Errors Disabled option Auto Table 3.2.3.8.1: Hardware Setup: Runtime Error logging Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 69...
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3.2.3.9 NVMe configuration This menu contains settings for NVMe controller and Drive information Figure 3.2.3.9.1: NVMe configuration User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 70...
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3.2.3.10 Intel® VROC for Volume Management Device Configuration This menu contains settings for Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device Configuration Figure 3.2.3.10.1: VROC configuration User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 71...
Not available if OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled. Power Down Configuration Select to configure LAN channel BMC network Unspecified Address parameters statically or dynamically(by configuration Static BIOS or BMC). Unspecified option will not User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 72...
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Disable the logging of EFI Status Codes or Both log only error code or only progress code or Error code both Progress code Table 3.2.4.1: Server Mgmt configuration Menu Items User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 73...
User Defined Sets the system boot order. Force BIOS Option ROM CSM16 Parameters Messages Keep Current CSM Parameters CSM Support Enable the CSM support Table 3.2.5.1: Boot Configuration User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 74...
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This item allows a more granular control of UEFI OptionROM execution depending of the Video type of extension device. Legacy Other PCI device Table 3.2.5.1.1: CSM Configuration Menu User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 75...
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RT code is executed above 1MB None Option ROM Force BIOS Set display mode for Option ROM Messages Keep Current Table 3.2.5.2.1: CSM16 Configuration Menu User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 76...
Setup. In Setup the User will have Administrator rights. The password length must be in the following range: Minimum length: 3 Maximum length: 2 User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 77...
3.2.7 S & E The SKY-7223D BIOS allows users to store BIOS configuration results as “User Defaults.” Users can select “Save as User Defaults” to record all changes which had been made in previous pages as the default setting for further use.
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This option allows you to override the specified boot order Boot Override device> and use a different boot device for the next boot. Table 3.2.7.1: Save & Exit Menu Options User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 79...
Creative is a trademark of Creative Technology LTD. CHRONTEL is a trademark of Chrontel Inc. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 80...
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group POST Power On Self Test Power Supply Unit Pre-boot Execution Environment QuickAssist Technology QuickPath Interconnect RASUM Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Usability, Maintainability RDIMM Registered DIMM User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 81...
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Sensor Data Record SerDes Serializer/Deserializer Serial Over LAN Solid State Disk Software Trusted Platform Module Transmit UDIMM Unbuffered DIMM UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus User Manual SKY-7223D Copyright 2021 Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Page 82...
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