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==== Quiet Boot ==== | ==== Quiet Boot ==== | ||
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- | ===== Watch Dog Function ===== | + | ==== Watch Dog Function |
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+ | Remain in the “Advanced → Boot Feature” page and select “Watch Dog Function”. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
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+ | If you intend to encrypt the information on your storage drives then you need to enable this in the BIOS. | ||
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+ | This can be useful as it allows a failing HDD in a vdev to be discarded without worrying about wiping the information before disposal. | ||
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+ | 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 ===== | ===== AHCI SATA Configuration ===== |