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 ===== BIOS Settings =====
-===== Quiet Boot =====
+==== Quiet Boot ====
-===== Watch Dog Function =====
+This setting is entirely optional.
-===== AES-NI Encryption =====
+It determines if POST messages are displayed on screen or a graphic logo (so the POST messages are hidden from view) when you first turn on the server. Fester likes to see the POST messages so I disabled this function.
-===== AHCI SATA Configuration =====
+Navigate to the “Advanced” page.
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+Select the submenu “Boot Feature”.
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+Now go to “Quiet Boot” and select “Disabled”.
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+==== Watch Dog Function ====
+Remain in the “Advanced → Boot Feature” page and select “Watch Dog Function”.
+The watch dog function serves to reboot the server if it experiences an error it cannot recover from (and so hangs) for more than 5 minutes. It works by starting a 5 minute count-down timer when the server hangs. When this timer reaches zero the system is forced to reboot.
+When I first tried this in FreeNAS it caused my system to spontaneously reboot every 5 minutes even though the system was not hanging, so I disabled it.
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+==== AES-NI Encryption ====
+If you intend to encrypt the information on your storage drives then you need to enable this in the BIOS.
+This can be useful as it allows a failing HDD in a vdev to be discarded without worrying about wiping the information before disposal.
+Go to the “Advanced” page.
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+Now navigate to “CPU Configurtion”.
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+Then scroll down (it is towards the bottom) to “AES-NI” and select “Enable”.
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+==== AHCI SATA Configuration ====
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+There are certain advantages to putting the SATA controller in AHCI mode. By enabling this option any SATA devices connected to the SATA ports on the motherboard will operate in AHCI mode.
+Go to the “Advanced” page.
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+Now select “SATA Configuration” from the submenu.
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+Now navigate to “Configure SATA as” and select “AHCI” from the options.
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 ===== IPMI Configuration =====