Dasharo menu overview

This section describes the overview of the Dasharo firmware setup menu. In the subsections you will get to know:

• What options are available?
• How to use submenus and options?
• How the options and submenus work?

Here you may watch a Dasharo menu walkthrough with commentary presenting Dasharo features.

Dasharo menu guides

The main menu is entered by selecting the Setup application in the Boot Manager Menu or by pressing the Setup hotkey while booting. The hotkey is shown in the top-left corner of the screen when the boot logo is displayed, for example DEL:

DEL   to enter Setup
F11   to enter Boot Manager Menu
ENTER to boot directly

• Setup Main Page

  • User Password Management
  • Device Manager
  • Dasharo System Features
  • One Time Boot
  • Boot Maintenance Manager

• Boot Manager Menu - entered with a different key than used for setup application. Lists all bootable options and allows one to override the boot path.

Main Page

The page is the main view of the firmware setup application. It contains the board model (MS-7D25), installed CPU and firmware version in the top-left corner. In the top-right corner the CPU frequency and system RAM amount are shown.

From the main page one may access all menus and submenus available in the firmware setup. Besides the menus there is also an option to:

1. Change the language (currently only English is supported)
2. Continue - execute the top first boot order priority
3. Reset - resets the platform.

The currently available menus/submenus are as follows:

• User Password Management - allows to set firmware setup password
• Device Manager - allows configuring various devices and features like: UEFI Secure Boot, TPM device, SATA and TCG OPAL password, etc. It may also contain informational menus like Driver Health Manager, Network Device List and others.
• Dasharo System Features - contains submenus for features specific to Dasharo products and Dasharo supported platforms
• One Time Boot - allows to choose which boot entry to execute. It simply lists all available boot options and allows to select one the same way as Boot Manager Menu
• Boot Maintenance Manager - allows to manipulate various UEFI standard variables responsible for console and boot options. One may choose which devices should be used for input and output, choose to boot an arbitrary file or modify the boot options and boot order.

NOTE: not all submenus may be available on your platform. Contact Dasharo Team for more information and possible feature extension of your platform.

User Password Management

User Password Management menu allows one to set firmware setup admin password:

The password must be a strong one. The requirements are described on the help section on the right side of the menu page. If the password is too weak it will not be accepted. Also the new password must be different from the last 5 passwords that were used before. The page shows the current status of Admin Password if it is provisioned or not.

To disable the password, enter the User Password Management menu again and request to set new password. You will be asked to enter current password. When a window to provide new password pops up, leave the field empty and confirm it twice with ENTER. The password installation status on the menu page should change to Not Installed.

One Time Boot

When setup application is entered, one of the menus is called One Time Boot. As the name suggests it allows to override the boot just one time (not permanently). The usage principles are the same as for Boot Manager Menu.

Example view of One Time Boot submenu:

On the right side of the menu window, there is a DevicePath which is a UEFI-compliant path to the device or file being executed. Depending on the file/device type, these paths may be different:

DevicePaths are defined in UEFI Specification. If you are interested in decoding those, read through the specification carefully.

Boot Manager Menu

Boot Manager Menu is an application that lists all bootable options and allows one to override the boot path.

Boot Manager Menu is entered with a different key than setup application. It may be customized on your platform. The right key to use is always printed on the screen in the top-left corner, for example F11:

DEL   to enter Setup
F11   to enter Boot Manager Menu
ENTER to boot directly

After pressing the right hotkey for Boot Manager Menu, a window should pop up:

On the bottom of the window there are instructions for moving and selecting entries.