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Acer AR160 F1 User Manual

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4 System BIOS

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Plug & Play OS: Yes allows the OS to configure Plug & Play devices.
(This is not required for system boot if your system has an oerating
system that supports Plug & Play.) Select No to allow the BIOS to
configure all devices in the system.

PCI Latency Timer: This feature sets the latency timer of each PCI device
installed on a PCI bus.

PCI IDE BusMaster: When Enabled, the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for
reading/writing to IDE drives.

Slot SXB2/SXB3 Width: Allows you to change the link width of the PCI
slots as specified in order to support a riser or add-on card installed in
the slots. The options are shown in the table below.

Slot SXB1 Width: Allows you to change the link width of a PCI slot in
order to support a riser or add-on card installed in the slot.

SR-IOV Supported: Select Enabled to enable Single-Root I/O
Virtualization (SR-IOV) support, which works in conjunction with Intel
Virtualization Technology to allow multiple operating systems to run
simultaneously within a single computer via natively-shared PCI Express
devices in order to enhance network connectivity and performance.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.

PCI-E Slot from SXB1/PCI-E Slot from SXB2/PCI-E Slot from SXB3: Select
Enabled to enable PCI Express slot SXB1, SXB2 or SXB3. You can also
enable Option ROMs to boot the computer using a network interface
from these slots.

iSCSI Support: Select Enabled to enable Intel 82576/82574 iSCSI
support.

Options

SXB2

SXB3

x4x4x4x4

x4x4

x4x4

x4x4x8

x4x4

X8

x8x4x4

x8

x4x4

x8x8

x8

x8

x16

x16