Intel S2400LP Technical Product Specification - Page 75

POST Logo/Diagnostic Screen, BIOS Boot Pop-up Menu, BIOS Setup Utility

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Intel®Server Boards S2400LP TPS BIOS Setup Interface HotKey Combination Function Enter Setup Pop up BIOS Boot Menu Network boot 5.2 POST Logo/Diagnostic Screen The logo/Diagnostic Screen displays in one of two forms:  If Quiet Boot is enabled in the BIOS setup, a logo splash screen displays. By default, Quiet Boot is enabled in the BIOS setup. If the logo displays during POST, press to hide the logo and display the diagnostic screen.  If a logo is not present in the flash ROM or if Quiet Boot is disabled in the system configuration, the POST Diagnostic Screen is displayed with a summary of system configuration information. The diagnostic screen displays the following information:  "Copyright Intel Corporation"  AMI Copyright statement  BIOS version (ID)  BMC firmware version  SDR version  ME firmware version  Platform ID  System memory detected (total size of all installed DDR3 DIMMs)  Current memory speed (currently configured memory operating frequency)  Processor information (Intel Brand String identifying type of processor and nominal operating frequency, and number of physical processors identified)  Keyboards detected, if any attached  Mouse devices detected, if any attached  Instructions showing hotkeys for going to Setup, going to popup Boot Menu, starting Network Boot 5.3 BIOS Boot Pop-up Menu The BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) provides a Boot Pop-up menu that can be invoked by pressing the key during POST. The BBS Pop-up menu displays all available boot devices. The boot order in the pop-up menu is not the same as the boot order in the BIOS setup. The pop-up menu simply lists all of the available devices from which the system can be booted, and allows a manual selection of the desired boot device. When an Administrator password is installed in Setup, the Administrator password will be required in order to access the Boot Pop-up menu using the key. If a User password is entered, the Boot Popup menu will not even appear - the user will be taken directly to the Boot Manager in the Setup, where a User password allows only booting in the order previously defined by the Administrator. 5.4 BIOS Setup Utility The BIOS Setup utility is a text-based utility that allows the user to configure the system and view current settings and environment information for the platform devices. The Setup utility controls the platform's built-in devices, the boot manager, and error manager. Revision 1.0 61 Intel order number G52803-001

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Intel
®
Server Boards S2400LP TPS
BIOS Setup Interface
Revision 1.0
Intel order number G52803-001
61
HotKey Combination
Function
<F2>
Enter Setup
<F6>
Pop up BIOS Boot Menu
<F12>
Network boot
5.2
POST Logo/Diagnostic Screen
The logo/Diagnostic Screen displays in one of two forms:
If Quiet Boot is enabled in the BIOS setup, a logo splash screen displays. By default, Quiet Boot
is enabled in the BIOS setup. If the logo displays during POST, press <Esc> to hide the logo and
display the diagnostic screen.
If a logo is not present in the flash ROM or if Quiet Boot is disabled in the system configuration,
the POST Diagnostic Screen is displayed with a summary of system configuration information.
The diagnostic screen displays the following information:
“Copyright <year> Intel Corporation”
AMI Copyright statement
BIOS version (ID)
BMC firmware version
SDR version
ME firmware version
Platform ID
System memory detected (total size of all installed DDR3 DIMMs)
Current memory speed (currently configured memory operating frequency)
Processor information (Intel Brand String identifying type of processor and nominal operating
frequency, and number of physical processors identified)
Keyboards detected, if any attached
Mouse devices detected, if any attached
Instructions showing hotkeys for going to Setup, going to popup Boot Menu, starting Network
Boot
5.3
BIOS Boot Pop-up Menu
The BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) provides a Boot Pop-up menu that can be invoked by pressing the
<F6>
key during POST. The BBS Pop-up menu displays all available boot devices. The boot order in the
pop-up menu is not the same as the boot order in the BIOS setup. The pop-up menu simply lists all of the
available devices from which the system can be booted, and allows a manual selection of the desired
boot device.
When an Administrator password is installed in Setup, the Administrator password will be required in
order to access the Boot Pop-up menu using the
<F6>
key. If a User password is entered, the Boot Pop-
up menu will not even appear
the user will be taken directly to the Boot Manager in the Setup, where a
User password allows only booting in the order previously defined by the Administrator.
5.4
BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup utility is a text-based utility that allows the user to configure the system and view current
settings and environment information for the platform devices. The Setup utility controls the platform's
built-in devices, the boot manager, and error manager.