BIOS Serial Console Port .............................................................................................................. 100
EMS Console .............................................................................................................................. 101
BIOS Interface Mode ................................................................................................................... 102
Server Asset Text ................................................................................................................................... 102
Set Server Info Text ...................................................................................................................... 102
Set Administrator Info Text ............................................................................................................ 103
Set Service Contact Text ............................................................................................................... 104
Custom POST Message ................................................................................................................ 104
Advanced Options Menu ....................................................................................................................... 104
ROM Selection............................................................................................................................ 106
User Default Options.................................................................................................................... 107
NMI Debug Button....................................................................................................................... 107
Virtual Install Disk ........................................................................................................................ 107
BIOS Enhanced RAID ................................................................................................................... 108
Node Interleaving........................................................................................................................ 108
Serial Number ............................................................................................................................ 108
Product ID .................................................................................................................................. 108
Drive Write Cache ...................................................................................................................... 108
SATA Software RAID.................................................................................................................... 108
Processor Options ....................................................................................................................... 109
Embedded VGA Control............................................................................................................... 110
Utility Language .................................................................................................................................... 111
ROM-based enhancements ........................................................................................................ 112
Embedded server setup .......................................................................................................................... 112
Setup Utility ................................................................................................................................ 113
Inspect Utility .............................................................................................................................. 114
Diagnostics Utility ........................................................................................................................ 114
Auto-Configuration Process ..................................................................................................................... 116
Boot options ......................................................................................................................................... 117
Operating System Installation.................................................................................................................. 117
Command Line Interface ............................................................................................................ 119
CLI Mode Selection ............................................................................................................................... 119
Inspect CLI Commands ........................................................................................................................... 120
RBSU CLI Commands ............................................................................................................................. 120
Command Buffering Support................................................................................................................... 123
Additional CLI support ........................................................................................................................... 123
RBSU configuration flow ............................................................................................................ 124
Manual path flow.................................................................................................................................. 124
Scripted installation flow ........................................................................................................................ 125
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