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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
© National Instruments Corporation 2-9 NI 8171 Series User Manual
• Hard Drive—The boot list includes all IDE/ATA hard disks detected
on the system. Press <Enter> on this entry to expand it to select the
boot priority of individual IDE/ATA hard drives.
• CD-ROM Drive—The boot list includes all classes of CD-ROM
drive, including USB drives and IDE/ATA drives integrated into a
PXI-1020 or PXI-1025 chassis.
• Network Boot—This option is for National Instruments controllers
with PXE ROM. The NI-8171 ENET controller will support this
option in the future.
Note
If an SCSI host adapter exists in the system, this menu has an additional entry for
SCSI devices.
Exiting BIOS Setup
The Exit setup menu includes all available options for exiting, saving, and
loading theBIOS default configuration.As an alternativeto this screen,use
<F9> to load BIOS default settings and <F10> to save changes and exit
setup.
The Exit setup menu includes the following settings:
• ExitSavingChanges—Anychanges made to BIOSsettings arestored
in the battery-backed System CMOS. The setup program then exits
and reboots the controller.
• Exit Discarding Changes—Any changes made to BIOS settings
during this session of theBIOS setup program arediscarded. The setup
program then exits and boots the controller without rebooting first.
• Load Setup Defaults—This setting restores all BIOS settings to the
factory default. This is useful if the controller exhibits unpredictable
behavior due to an incorrect or inappropriate BIOS setting. Note that
any nondefault settings such as boot order, passwords, and
keyboardless operation are restored to their factory defaults. This may
produce undesirable behavior, and in heavily customized cases, may
cause the controller to malfunction or fail to boot.
• Discard Changes—Any changes made to BIOS settings during this
session of the BIOS setup program are discarded. Unlike Exit
Discarding Changes, however, the BIOS setup continues to be active.
• Save Changes—Changes made to BIOS settings during this session
are committed to battery-backed System CMOS. The setup program
remains active, allowing further changes.