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Setup utility menu choices

Use the Setup utility main menu to view and configure server configuration data and settings.

The following choices are on the Setup utility main menu for the UEFI. Depending on the version of the firmware, some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions.

  • Main

    This page shows you the system information, include UEFI firmware version, build time and the system Date / Time were being set. This page also includes 2 sub-mainus below:

    • Processors

      Select this choice to view or change the processor settings.

    • Memory

      Select this choice to view or change the memory settings.

  • Advanced

    • AST2400 Super IO Configuration

      Select this to enter Super IO next configuration page.

      • Upper IO chip

        Enter this page you can view the Super IO Chipest information.

      • Serial Port 1 Configuration

        Enter this page you can Enable/Disable Serial Port of this Super IO.

    • Serial Port Console Redirection

      Select this to enter the Super IO Console Redirection sub configuration page or view Windows Emergency Management Service ( EMS ) Console Redirection setting.

      • Console Redirection Settings

        Select this to view the overall settings.

      • Legacy Console Redirection Setting

      • Console Redirection Settings

    • PCI Subsystem Settings

      Select this to view or change the PCI Devices common settings.

    • Network Stack Configuration

      Select this to view or change Network Stace IPV4 and IPV6 PXE Support settings.

    • CSM Configuration

      Select this to view or change CSM Support and Netwrok, Storage, Video, Other PCI devices legacy support.

    • Infor Report Configuration

      Select this to view or change POST Report and Summary Screen settings.

    • iSCSI Configuration

      Select this to Add, Delete or Change an iSCSI Initiator Name or Attempt.

  • IntelRCSetup

    • Processor Configuration

      Select this choice to view Processor common settings or change the dedicate processor settings.

      • Per-Socket Configuration

        Select to view or change CPU 0 or CPU 1 Configuration.

    • Advanced Power Management Configuration

      Select this to view or change Intel Chipset Power Management Configuration.

      • CPU Pstate Control

      • CPU HWPM State Control

      • CPU C State Control

      • CPU T State Control

    • Common RefCode Configuration

      Select this to view or change Intel Reference Code Configuration on Chipset.

      • NMIOBase

      • NMIO High Size

      • Isoc Mode

      • Numa

    • Memory Configuration

      Select this to view or change Intel Chipset Integrated Memroy Controller settings.

      • Memory Map

      • Memory RAS configuration

      There are a couple of memory configuration modes that you can select for IT purposes.

      To set memory independent channel mode, mirror mode, or lockstep mode, you can choose IntelRCSetup-> memory configuration-> memory RAS configuration-> RAS mode. Then the screen displays 3 options (Disabled, Mirror, or Lockstep Mode). Choose accordingly as you expect the system to be operated at this mode (set Disabled is to select the independent channel mode).

      To enable memory sparing mode, you can choose IntelRCSetup-> memory configuration-> memory RAS configuration-> memory rank sparing. Then the screen displays 2 options (Disabled or Enabled) to active or not active the sparing mode.

      Note
      You can not choose to enable sparing and mirroring modes at the same time. In case if the mirror mode is enabled, sparing mode will not be selected.

    • IIO Configuration

      Select this to view or change Intel Chipset IIO Configuration.

      • IIO0 Configuration

      • IIO1 Configuration

      • Intel VT for Directed I/O ( VT-d )

    • PCH Configuration

      Select this to view or change PCH Configuration, include devices under PCH.

      • PCH Devices

      • PCH sSATA Configuration

        Select this to view or change PCH sSATA device configuration.

      • PCH SATA Configuration

        Select this to view or change PCH SATA device configuration.

      • USB Configuration

        Select this to view or change USB settings.

  • Server Mgmt

    Select this to view or change the settings of how system is managed by UEFI and TMM server management functions.

    • System Event Log

      Select this to handle how the logs in SEL to be managed.

    • TMM network Configuration

      Select this choice to view the system management network interface port, the MAC address.

    • View Sysetm Event Log

      Select this choice to enter the System Event viewer to view the log messages details.

    • DNS Configuration

      Select this to Enable/Disable DNS Service, change DNS DHCP mode and DNS Server IP address

  • Security

    There are 2 levels of passwords can be applied for the system: Administrator Passwrod and and User Password. ONLY if the Administrator's password is set, then this only limits access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup. ONLY if the User's password is set, then this is a power on password and must enterred to boot or enter Setup. In Setup the User will have Administrator rights. The password legnth must be within the Minum length 3 to Maximum length 20.

  • Boot

    Select this to view the settings or change the Boot behavior during system boot time.

  • Save & Exit

    Select this choice to exit from the Setup utility. If you have not saved the changes that you have made.