Gigabyte H270-T70 Owner's manual

Brand: Gigabyte

Model: H270-T70

Type: Owner's manual

BIOS Setup

(for Cavium Platform)

User’s Guide

Rev.1.0

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 BIOS Setup ....................................................................................................4

1-1 The Main Menu ................................................................................................ 6

1-1-1 Memory Slot Information ..........................................................................................9

1-2 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................. 10

1-2-1 S5 RTC Wake Settings ...........................................................................................11

1-2-2 Serial Port Console Redirection .............................................................................12

1-2-3 Network Stack ........................................................................................................15

1-2-4 SATAConguration.................................................................................................17

1-2-5 InfoReportConguration .......................................................................................18

1-2-6 NVMEConguration ...............................................................................................19

1-2-7 USBConguration ..................................................................................................20

1-2-8 ChipsetConguration .............................................................................................21

1-3 Security Menu ................................................................................................ 22

1-4 Boot Menu ...................................................................................................... 23

1-5 Exit Menu ....................................................................................................... 25

1-6 Server Management Menu ............................................................................. 27

1-6-1 System Event Log ..................................................................................................28

1-6-2 BMC Self Test Log ..................................................................................................29

1-6-3 View FRU Information ............................................................................................30

1-6-4 BMCnetworkconguration ....................................................................................31

1-6-5 IPv6BMCnetworkconguration ............................................................................32

BIOS Setup - 4 -

BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in the EFI on the

motherboard. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during system startup,

saving system parameters and loading operating system, etc. BIOS includes a BIOS Setup program that

allowstheusertomodifybasicsystemcongurationsettingsortoactivatecertainsystemfeatures.Whenthe

power is turned off, the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS to keep the

congurationvaluesintheCMOS.

To access the BIOS Setup program, press the <DEL> key during the POST when the power is turned on.

Chapter 1 BIOS Setup

• BIOSashingispotentiallyrisky, if you do not encounter problems of using the current BIOS

version,itisrecommendedthatyoudon'tashtheBIOS.ToashtheBIOS,doitwithcaution.

InadequateBIOSashingmayresultinsystemmalfunction.

• It is recommended that you not alter the default settings (unless you need to) to prevent system

instability or other unexpected results. Inadequately altering the settings may result in system's

failure to boot. If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values.

(Refer to the Exit section in this chapter or introductions of the battery/clearing CMOS jumper in

Chapter 1 for how to clear the CMOS values.)

BIOS Setup Program Function Keys

<f><g> Move the selection bar to select the screen

<h><i> Move the selection bar to select an item

<+> Increase the numeric value or make changes

<-> Decrease the numeric value or make changes

<Enter> Execute command or enter the submenu

<Esc> Main Menu: Exit the BIOS Setup program

Submenus: Exit current submenu

<F1> Show descriptions of general help

<F3> Restore the previous BIOS settings for the current submenus

<F9> Load the Optimized BIOS default settings for the current submenus

<F10> Save all the changes and exit the BIOS Setup program

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 Main

This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.

 Advanced

This setup page includes all the items of AMI BIOS special enhanced features.

 (ex:Autodetectfanandtemperaturestatus,automaticallycongureharddiskparameters.)

 Security

 Change,set,ordisablesupervisoranduserpassword.Congurationsupervisorpasswordallowsyouto

restrict access to the system and BIOS Setup.

A supervisor password allows you to make changes in BIOS Setup.

A user password only allows you to view the BIOS settings but not to make changes.

 Boot

 Thissetuppageprovidesitemsforcongurationofbootsequence.

 Save & Exit

Save all the changes made in the BIOS Setup program to the CMOS and exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing

<F10> can also carry out this task.)

Abandon all changes and the previous settings remain in effect. Pressing <Y> to the confirmation

message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing <Esc> can also carry out this task.)

 Server Management

Server additional features enabled/disabled setup menus.

BIOS Setup - 6 -

1-1 The Main Menu

Once you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as shown below) appears on the screen. Use

arrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter other sub-menu.

Main Menu Help

The on-screen description of a highlighted setup option is displayed on the bottom line of the Main Menu.

Submenu Help

While in a submenu, press <F1> to display a help screen (General Help) of function keys available for the

menu. Press <Esc> to exit the help screen. Help for each item is in the Item Help block on the right side of

the submenu.

• When the system is not stable as usual, select the Restore Defaults item to set your system to

its defaults.

• The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by BIOS

version.

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BIOS Information

Access Level

Display the privileges level information.

Porject Name (Note)

Display the project name information.

Porject Version

Display version number of the BIOS setup utility.

BIOS Build Date and Time

Displays the date and time when the BIOS setup utility was created.

BMC Information

BMC Firmware Version

 DisplayBMCrmwareversioninformation.

SDR Version

Display the SDR version information.

FRU Version

Display the FRU version information.

CPLD Informaiton

MB CPLD Version

Display the CPLD version information.

(Note) This parameter will be variable depends on select models.

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 ProcessorConguration

CPU 0/1/MAX CPU Speed/ICPU Data Cache/CPU Instruction Cache

Displaysthetechnicalspecicationsfortheinstalledprocessor.

Memory Information

Total Memory/Memory Frequency

Displaysthetechnicalspecicationsfortheinstalledmemory.

Onboard LAN MAC Address Information (Note)

Display onboard LAN device MAC address.

System Language

Select preference language.

Option available: English.

System Date

Set the date following the weekday-month-day- year format.

System Time

Set the system time following the hour-minute- second format.

(Note) This parameter will be variable depends on select models.

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1-1-1 Memory Slot Information

Memory Slot Information

Displaytheinstalledmemorytechnicalspecication.

BIOS Setup - 10 -

1-2 Advanced Menu

TheAdvancedmenudisplaysubmenuoptionsforconguringthefunctionofvarioushardwarecomponents.

Select a submenu item, then press Enter to access the related submenu screen.

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1-2-1 S5 RTC Wake Settings

(Note) This item appears when Wake system from S5 is set to Enabled.

Wake system from S5

Enable or disable System wake on alarm event. When enabled, System will wake on the hr:min:sec

 specied.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Wake up year(Note)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupyear.

Wake up month(Note)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupmonth.

Wake up Date(Note)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupdate.

Wake up hour(Note)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeuphour.

Wake up minute(Note)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupminute.

Wake up second(Note)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupsecond.

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1-2-2 Serial Port Console Redirection

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(Note) Advanceditemspromptwhenthisitemisdened.

COM1/SOL/Serial Port for Out-of Band Management/Windows Emergency

Management Service (EMS)

Console Redirection (Note)

 Selectwhethertoenableconsoleredirectionforspecieddevice.Consoleredirectionenablesusersto

manage the system from a remote location.

Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Disabled.

Console Redirection Settings

Terminal Type

Select a terminal type to be used for console redirection.

Options available: VT100/VT100+/ANSI /VT-UTF8.

Flow Control

 Flowcontrolcanpreventdatalossfrombufferoverow.Whensendingdata,ifthereceivingbuffersare

full,a'stop'signalcanbesenttostopthedataow.Oncethebuffersareempty,a'start'signalcanbe

senttore-starttheow.Hardwareowcontrolusestwowirestosendstart/stopsignals.

Options available: None/Hardware RTS/CTS.

Bits per second

Select the baud rate for console redirection.

Options available: 9600/19200/57600/115200.

Data Bits

Select the data bits for console redirection.

Options available: 7/8.

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Parity

A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors.

Even: parity bi is 0 if the num of 1's in the data bits is even.

Odd: parity bit is0if num of 1's the data bits is odd.

Mark: parity bit is always 1. Space: Parity bit is always 0.

Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection.

Options available: None/Even/Odd/Mark/Space.

Stop Bits

Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning). The standard

setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit.

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1-2-3 Network Stack

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Network stack

Enable/Disable UEFI network stack.

Options available: Enabled/DIsabled. Default setting is Enabled.

PXE Option

Enable/Disable PXE option.

Options available: Enabled/DIsabled. Default setting is Enabled.

Ipv4 PXE Support

Enable/Disable Ipv4 PXE feature.

Options available: Enabled/DIsabled. Default setting is Disabled.

Ipv6 PXE Support

Enable/Disable Ipv6 PXE feature.

Options available: Enabled/DIsabled. Default setting is Disabled.

PXE Retry

Enable/Disable PXE Retry.

Options available: Enabled/DIsabled. Default setting is Disabled.

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1-2-4 SATAConguration

 SATAConguraiton

The category shows Serial ATA of hard disk that are installed in the system. System will automatically

detect HDD type.

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1-2-5 InfoReportConguration

 InfoReportConguration

Post Report

Enable/Disable Post Report support.

Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled.

Delay Time

Press <+> / <-> keys to increase or decrease the desired values.

Error Message Report

Info Error Message

Enable/Disable Info Error Message support.

Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled.

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1-2-6 NVMEConguration

 NVMEConguraiton

This page shows NVMe device that are installed in the system. System will detect automatically.

Functions are available on selected models.

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1-2-7 USBConguration

 USBConguration

XHCI Hand-off

Enable/Disable XHCI (USB 3.0) Hand-off function.

Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled.

USB Mass Storage Driver Support

Enable/Disable USB Mass Storage Drive.

Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled.

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