Intel S2600IP Service Guide - Page 71

BIOS Setup Utilities 3 BIOS Setup Utilities 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. The BIOS Setup interface consists of a number of pages or screens. Each page contains information or links to other pages. The advanced tab in Setup displays a list of general categories as links. These links lead to pages containing a specific category's configuration. The following sections describe the look and behavior for the platform setup. BIOS Setup Operation The BIOS Setup Utility has the following features:  Localization - The Intel® Server Board BIOS is only available in English. However, BIOS Setup uses the Unicode standard and is capable of displaying data and input in Setup fields in all languages currently included in the Unicode standard.  Console Redirection - BIOS Setup is functional from the Console Redirection over various terminal emulation standards. When Console Redirection is enabled, the POST display out is in purely Text Mode due to Redirection data transfer in a serial port data terminal emulation mode. This may limit some functionality for compatibility, for example, usage of colors or some keys or key sequences or support of pointing devices.  Setup screens are designed to be displayable in an 80-character x 24-line format in order to work with Console Redirection, although that screen layout should display correctly on any format with longer lines or more lines on the screen.  Password protection - BIOS Setup may be protected from unauthorized changes by setting an Administrative Password in the Security screen When an Administrative Password has been set, all selection and data entry fields in Setup (except System Time and Date) are grayed out and cannot be changed unless the Administrative Password has been entered. Note: if an Administrative Password has not been set, anyone who boots the system to Setup has access to all selection and data entry fields in Setup and can change any of them. Setup Page Layout The Setup page layout is sectioned into functional areas. Each occupies a specific area of the screen and has dedicated functionality. The following table lists and describes each functional area. The Setup page is designed to a format of 80 x 24 (24 lines of 80 characters each). The typical display screen in a Legacy mode or in a terminal emulator mode is actually 80 characters by 25 lines, but with "line wrap" enabled (which it usually is) the 25th line cannot be used with the Setup page. Intel® Server System R2000IP Service Guide 59