Debug Menu

Use the Debug Menu to manage the Debug Menu options.

NOTE: The help page may include information about features and values that are not supported on your system. Server Administrator displays only the features and values that are supported on your system.
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see Privilege levels in the Server Administrator UI.

Check for software bugs

Enables or disables features of the BIOS designed to captures serious software bugs. These features include the memory checker, NULL pointer checking, and sanity checks within the BIOS core. Disabling these features maximize compatibility. Developers and Testers must set this feature to Enabled to detect serious software issues.

Debug Print Level (80000042 recommended)

Controls serial debug output level for certain drivers. This value overrides the platform PcdDebugPrintErrorLevel PCD value. The value is a 32-bit mask of the following values: DEBUG_INIT 0x00000001 DEBUG_WARN 0x00000002 DEBUG_LOAD 0x00000004 DEBUG_FS 0x00000008 DEBUG_POOL 0x00000010 DEBUG_PAGE 0x00000020 DEBUG_INFO 0x00000040 DEBUG_DISPATCH 0x00000080 DEBUG_VARIABLE 0x00000100 DEBUG_BM 0x00000400 DEBUG_BLKIO 0x00001000 DEBUG_NET 0x00004000 DEBUG_UNDI 0x00010000 DEBUG_LOADFILE 0x00020000 DEBUG_EVENT 0x00080000 DEBUG_GCD 0x00100000 DEBUG_CACHE 0x00200000 DEBUG_VERBOSE 0x00400000 DEBUG_ERROR 0x80000000 If the field is cleared, the platform PcdDebugPrintErrorLevel PCD value is used.

Ignore Console Redirection request from iDRAC

Enables or disables the feature of ignoring console redirection request from iDRAC.

Reboot Test Mode

Selects the Reboot type.

Reboot Test Point

Selects the Reboot location.

Reboot Test Count

Sets the Reboot count between 1 through 65535.

CLP String Output during POST

The field enables or disables CLP strings output during POST for debug purpose.

Link Downtrain Reporting

Enables or disables the reporting of downtrain and downgrade link training errors for non-endpoint devices.

Post Package Repair

Sets Post Package Repair Mode.

Spread Spectrum

Enables or disables Spread Spectrum feature.

Correctable Memory Error Threshold

Configures Correctable Error Threshold mode.

CE Debug Value: Memory Threshold

Sets the Correctable Error Threshold.

iDRAC IPMI SMA Debug Mode

Enables or disables the iDRAC IPMI KCS and SMA debug interface.

TPM Binding Reset

Clears the TPM, resets the binding, and turns off TPM security. To apply this, TPM security must also be set to On when setting TPM Binding Reset to On.

Processor Trace Debug

Enables or disables the Processor Trace Debug option.

Boot Synchronization Delay

Synchronizes boot by adding a small, medium, or large boot delay.

SDPM Hide Vault Drives

Enables or disables the SDPM Hide Vault drives.

SDPM Assume BBU Present

Enables or disables the SDPM Assume BBU Present.

For more information on the other buttons present in the Server Administrator Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.