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Miscellaneous Settings, BOSS PCIe Cards Internal M.2 Drives

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Option Redundant OS State Description • None • IDSDM • SATA Ports in AHCI mode • BOSS PCIe Cards (Internal M.2 Drives) • Internal USB NOTE: RAID configurations and NVMe cards not are included as BIOS does not have the ability to distinguish between individual drives in those configurations. NOTE: This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None. When set to Visible, the backup disk is visible to the boot list and OS. When set to Hidden, the backup disk is disabled and is not visible to the boot list and OS. This option is set to Visible by default. NOTE: BIOS will disable the device in hardware, so it cannot be accessed by the OS. Redundant OS Boot NOTE: This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None or if Redundant OS State is set to Hidden. When set to Enabled, BIOS boots to the device specified in Redundant OS Location. When set to Disabled, BIOS preserves the current boot list settings. This option is set to Disabled by default. Miscellaneous Settings You can use the Miscellaneous Settings screen to perform specific functions such as updating the asset tag and changing the system date and time. Viewing Miscellaneous Settings To view the Miscellaneous Settings screen, perform the following steps: Steps 1. Power on, or restart your system. 2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message: F2 = System Setup NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. 3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click Miscellaneous Settings. Miscellaneous Settings details About this task The Miscellaneous Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description System Time Enables you to set the time on the system. System Date Asset Tag Enables you to set the date on the system. Specifies the asset tag and enables you to modify it for security and tracking purposes. Keyboard NumLock Enables you to set whether the system should boot with the NumLock enabled or disabled. This option is set to On by default. NOTE: This option does not apply to 84-key keyboards. Pre-operating system management applications 63

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Option
Description
•
None
•
IDSDM
•
SATA Ports in AHCI mode
•
BOSS PCIe Cards (Internal M.2 Drives)
•
Internal USB
NOTE:
RAID configurations and NVMe cards not are included as BIOS does not have the ability to
distinguish between individual drives in those configurations.
Redundant OS
State
NOTE:
This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None.
When set to
Visible
, the backup disk is visible to the boot list and OS. When set to
Hidden
, the backup disk is
disabled and is not visible to the boot list and OS. This option is set to
Visible
by default.
NOTE:
BIOS will disable the device in hardware, so it cannot be accessed by the OS.
Redundant OS
Boot
NOTE:
This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None or if Redundant OS State is
set to Hidden.
When set to
Enabled
, BIOS boots to the device specified in
Redundant OS Location
. When set to
Disabled
,
BIOS preserves the current boot list settings. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Miscellaneous Settings
You can use the
Miscellaneous Settings
screen to perform specific functions such as updating the asset tag and changing the system
date and time.
Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
To view the
Miscellaneous Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1.
Power on, or restart your system.
2.
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Miscellaneous Settings
.
Miscellaneous Settings details
About this task
The
Miscellaneous Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System Time
Enables you to set the time on the system.
System Date
Enables you to set the date on the system.
Asset Tag
Specifies the asset tag and enables you to modify it for security and tracking purposes.
Keyboard
NumLock
Enables you to set whether the system should boot with the NumLock enabled or disabled. This option is set to
On
by default.
NOTE:
This option does not apply to 84-key keyboards.
Pre-operating system management applications
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