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Setup utility menu choices

This topic provides information about the server Setup utility menu choices.

The following choices are on the UEFI Setup utility main menu. Depending on the version of the UEFI firmware, some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions. For more information on UEFI-compliant firmware, go to Understanding Drivers, BIOS, UEFI and Firmware.

  • System Information

    Select this choice to view basic information about the server. When you make changes through other choices in the Setup utility, some of those changes are reflected in the system information; you cannot change settings directly in the system information.

    • System Summary

      Select this choice to view configuration information, including the ID, speed, and cache size of the microprocessors, machine type and model of the server, QPI link speed, the serial number, the system UUID, and the amount of installed memory. When you make configuration changes through other choices in the Setup utility, the changes are reflected in the system summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.

    • Product Data

      Select this choice to view, the revision level or issue date of the firmware, the integrated management module and diagnostics code, and the version and date.

  • System Settings

    Select this choice to view or change the server component settings. This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

    • Adapters and UEFI Drivers

      Select this choice if you want to use the configuration capabilities of older generation UEFI device drivers to configure the device.

    • Devices and I/O Ports

      Select this choice to view or change settings for devices and input/output (I/O) ports. You can configure the serial ports; configure remote console redirection; enable or disable the Ethernet controller, SAS/SATA controller, SATA optical drive channels, and PCI slots. If you disable a device, it cannot be configured, and the operating system will not be able to detect it (this is equivalent to disconnecting the device).

    • Driver Health

      Select this choice to view the health of the controllers in the server as reported by their device drivers.

    • Integrated Management Module

      Select this choice to view or change the settings for the integrated management module.

      • Power Restore Policy

        Select this choice to determine the mode of operation to which the server will be restored after a power outage occurs. You can select Always Off, Restore, or Always On to restore the server the state that it was set to at the time of the power outage.

      • Commands on USB Interface Preference

        Select this choice to enable or disable the Ethernet over USB interface on the IMM.

      • Network Configuration

        Select this choice to view the systems-management network interface port, the IMM MAC address, the current IMM IP address, the system Ethernet MAC addresses, and the host name; define the static IMM IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address; specify whether to use the static IP address or have DHCP assign the IMM IP address; save the network changes; and reset the IMM.

      • Reset IMM to Defaults

        Select this choice to reset the IMM to the default settings.

      • Reset IMM

        Select this choice to reset the IMM settings.

    • Legacy Support

      Select this choice to view or set legacy support.

      • Force Legacy Video on Boot

        Select this choice to force legacy video support, if the operating system does not support UEFI video output standards.

      • Rehook INT 19H

        Select this choice to enable or disable devices from taking control of the boot process. The default is Disable.

      • Legacy Thunk Support

        Select this choice to enable or disable UEFI to interact with PCI mass storage devices that are non-UEFI compliant.

      • Infinite Boot Retry

        Select this choice to enable or disable the infinitely retry of the Legacy Boot.

      • BBS Boot

        Select this choice to enable or disable legacy boot in BBS.

      • Non-Planar PXE

        Select this choice to enable or disable non-planar PXE for legacy mode.

    • Memory

      Select this choice to view or change the memory settings. To configure memory mirroring, select System Settings → Memory → Memory Mode → Mirroring.

    • Network

      Select this choice to view or configure the network device options, such as iSCSI, PXE, and network devices. There might be additional configuration choices for optional network devices that are compliant with UEFI 2.1 and later.

    • Operating Modes

      Select this choice to view or change the operating profile (performance and power utilization). This choice specifies a preset operating mode to configure the server for maximum power savings, maximum efficiency, and maximum performance.

      • Minimal Power mode

        Select this choice to minimize the absolute power consumption of the system during operation. Server performance in this mode might be reduced depending on the application that is running.

      • Efficiency-Favor Power mode

        Select this choice to configure the server to draw the minimum amount of power and generate the least noise. Server performance might be degraded, depending on the application that you are running. This mode provides the best features for reducing power and increasing performance in applications where the maximum bus speeds are not critical.

      • Efficiency-Favor Performance mode

        Select this choice to maintain the optimal balance between performance and power consumption. The server generally produces the best performance per watt while it is in this mode. No bus speeds are derated in this mode. This is the default mode.

      • Custom mode

        Select this choice only if you understand the functions of the low-level IMM settings. This is the only choice that enables you to change the low-level IMM settings that affect the performance and power consumption of the server.

      • Maximum Performance mode

        Select this choice to achieve the maximum performance for most server applications. The power consumption in this mode is often higher than in the Efficiency-Favor Power or Efficiency-Favor Performance mode.

    • Power

      Select this choice to view or change power capping to control consumption, processors, and performance states.

      • Active Energy Manager

        Select this choice to enable or disable power capping. If you enable power capping, the Active Energy Manager program will limit the maximum power that is consumed by the server.

      • Workload Configuration

        Select this choice to view and change the settings for expansion cards that require high I/O bandwidth when microprocessor cores are idle to allow enough frequency for the workload.

    • Processors

      Select this choice to view or change the processor settings.

    • Recovery and RAS

      Select this choice to view or set the number of POST attempts and configure start recovery attempts and backup bank management settings.

      • Advanced RAS

        Select this choice to enable advanced RAS options.

      • Backup Bank Management

        Select this option to configure backup bank management settings.

      • Disk GPT Recovery

        Select this option to view and set Disk GPT (GUID Partition Table) recovery options.

      • POST attempts

        Select this choice to view or set the number of attempts to POST before the recovery is started.

      • System Recovery

        Select this choice to view or set the time to start the system recovery attempt.

        • POST Watchdog Timer

          Select this choice to view or enable the POST watchdog timer.

        • Reboot System on NMI

          Select this choice to enable or disable restarting the server whenever a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) occurs. The default is Enabled.

        • Halt On Server Error

          Select this choice to prevent the server from booting the operating system and displaying the POST event viewer when a severe error is detected during POST.

    • Security

      Select this option to view or configure the Secure Boot feature and Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2).

      • Secure Boot Configuration

        Select this choice to enable and disable the Secure Boot feature or set the Secure Boot mode.

      • Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2)

        Select this choice to view or configure the TPM setup options.

    • Storage

      Select this choice to view and manage RAID controller configurations.

  • Date and Time

    Select this choice to set the date and time in the server, in 24-hour format (hour:minute:second).

    This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

  • Start Options

    Select this choice to view the startup sequence or select an option to try and boot from immediately. Changes in the startup options take effect when you start the server.

  • Boot Manager

    Select this choice to view, add, delete, or change the device boot order, boot from a file, boot from a device, or boot the UEFI shell. This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

  • System Event Logs

    Select this choice to enter the System Event Manager, where you can view the UEFI/POST event log and the system-event log. You can use the arrow keys to move between pages in the error log. This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

    The POST event log contains the most recent error codes and messages that were generated during POST.

    The system-event log contains POST and system management interrupt (SMI) events and all events that are generated by the baseboard management controller that is embedded in the integrated management module (IMM).

    Important: If the system-error LED on the front of the server is lit but there are no other error indications, clear the system-event log. Also, after you complete a repair or correct an error, clear the system-event log to turn off the system-error LED on the front of the server.

    • POST Event Viewer

      Select this choice to enter the POST event viewer to view the error messages in the POST event log.

    • System Event Log

      Select this choice to view the system-event log.

    • Clear System Event Log

      Select this choice to clear the system-event log.

  • User Security

    Select this choice to set, change, or clear passwords. The full Setup utility menu, enables all of the options in the User Security option. See Passwords for more information.

    This choice is on the full and limited Setup utility menu.

    • Set Power-on Password

      Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. See Power-on password for more information.

    • Clear Power-on Password

      Select this choice to clear the power-on password.

    • Set Administrator Password

      Select this choice to set or change an administrator password. An administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator; it limits access to the full Setup utility menu. If an administrator password is set, the full Setup utility menu is available only if you type the administrator password at the password prompt. For more information, see Administrator password.

    • Clear Admin Password

      Select this choice to clear the Administrator Password.

  • Save Settings

    Select this choice to save the changes that you have made in the settings. This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

  • Restore Settings

    Select this choice to cancel the changes that you have made in the settings and restore the previous settings. This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

  • Load Default Settings

    Select this choice to cancel the changes that you have made in the settings and restore the factory settings. This choice is on the full Setup utility menu only.

  • Exit Setup

    Select this choice to exit from the Setup utility. If you have not saved the changes that you have made in the settings, you are asked whether you want to save the changes or exit without saving them.