HP Z800 Owners Manual

NOTE:Make copies of the ISO recovery images on CD as backup files in case your workstation
experiences a hard drive failure.
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4 System management
This section describes the tools and utilities that provide system management for the workstation. It
includes these topics:
Topics
BIOS ROM on page 30
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility on page 31
Workstation management on page 42
BIOS ROM
The BIOS ROM is a collection of machine language applications stored as firmware in ROM. It includes
functions such as Power on Self Test (POST), PCI device initialization, Plug and Play support, power
management, and the Computer Setup (F10)...

The Computer Setup (F10) Utility
This section includes these topics:
Topics
Computer Setup (F10) functionality
on page 31
Accessing the Computer Setup (F10) Utility
on page 33
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu
on page 34
Computer Setup (F10) functionality
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility enables you to:
●Update BIOS using a USB device.
●Change factory default settings and set or change the workstation configuration, which might be
necessary when you add or remove hardware.
●Determine if all devices...

●Specify the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by the company to this
workstation.
●Enable power-on password prompts during system restarts (warm-starts) and power on.
●Hide or show the integrated I/O functionality, including serial, USB, or parallel ports, audio, or
embedded NIC. Hidden devices are inaccessible, which increases system security.
●Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
●Enable or disable removable media write ability (if supported by hardware).
●Replicate the...

Accessing the Computer Setup (F10) Utility
To access the Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu:
1.Power on or restart the workstation.
2.When the display is active and F10=Setup appears in the lower right corner of the screen,
press F10.
If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, try again. Turn the workstation off, then on, and
press F10 again to access the utility. You can also press the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys before starting
if you miss the opportunity to press F10.
3.Select the language from the...

The Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu
The following table describes the functions available in the Computer Setup (F10) utility menu.
NOTE:With new BIOS releases, the following content is subject to change, so the menu might be
different than shown.
Table 4-1  Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu descriptions
HeadingOptionDescription
FileSystem
InformationDisplays the following system characteristics:
●Product Name
●QPI Link Speed
●Memory Size
●Integrated MAC
●System BIOS
●Boot Block Date
●Chassis serial...

HeadingOptionDescription
 Ignore Changes
and ExitExits workstation setup without applying or saving changes.
 Save Changes
and ExitSaves changes to system configuration and exits the workstation setup.
StorageDevice
ConfigurationLists installed non-SCSI storage devices (except SATA devices) and provides options for obtaining
specific information about each device:
●Hard Disk—Provides information about the hard disk drives in the workstation. It is available
in IDE Mode only.
●CD-ROM—Provides information...

HeadingOptionDescription
 Boot OrderEnables you to configure the boot, diskette drive, and hard disk drive orders by physically
reordering the menu entries. The following is the default boot order presented in the menu:
●Optical Drive
●Diskette Drive
●USB Device
●Hard Drive
●Embedded Ethernet controller
●Embedded Ethernet controller (ASF) Second embedded LAN. (Not available in some
configurations.)
Press Enter to drag a device to a preferred place. Press F5 to remove the device from consideration
as a...

HeadingOptionDescription
 Device SecurityMakes the following devices available or hidden to the workstation:
●Serial Port
●Front USB Ports
●Rear USB Ports
●Internal USB Ports
●System Audio
●IEEE 1394 Controller (Not available on some models.)
●Ethernet Controller
●Ethernet Controller (ASF) (Not available on some models.)
●SAS Controller (Not available on some models)
●Legacy Diskette
●Embedded Security Device
●SATA 0-n
For each device, Device Available is the default setting and allows the operating...

HeadingOptionDescription
 System SecurityProvides these options:
●Data Execution Prevention—Enables or disables Data Execution Prevention mode in the
CPUs. This mode prohibits code from running in pages that were set up as data pages, and
prevents attacks such as buffer overflows. Operating system support is required for this
feature.
●Virtualization Technology (VTx)—Enables or disables Intel Virtualization Technology to
increase workstation performance.
●Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O...