* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 1 Intel ® Integrator Toolkit Overview and Performance Enhancement Streamline Manufacturing & Customize System Configuration

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 2 Intel ® Integrator Toolkit What it is today DOS Install 2.Install CMOS,SMBIOS Splash, BIOS 1.Virtual System Setup 3.Verify BOM.ini file.itk +.bio files

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 3 Intel ® Integrator Toolkit (iTK)  What is it? –A manufacturing utility exclusively for Intel ® Desktop Boards  What does it do? –Reference-free configuration of BIOS options  Windows* GUI  Set custom factory CMOS defaults  Lock or Hide selected BIOS settings  Specify SMBIOS values –Performs Bill Of Material (BOM) Operations  Generate a system BOM report  Verify finished system configuration –Eases replicating settings across multiple platforms

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 4 Intel ® Integrator Toolkit How Does It Help Integrators?  Customize system settings – Pre-configure systems to meet customer needs – Limit access to sensitive BIOS settings – Specify custom SMBIOS/DMI values  Allows selection of flex modules –Load custom splash screen –Select specific language modules  Build systems faster & save money – Save time replicating CMOS settings – Streamline SMBIOS/DMI configuration  Improve system quality – Automatically verify a system BOM – Quickly generate as-built BOM reports

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 5 Typical Manufacturing Floor Process (order of steps may vary)

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 6 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 1: Download Intel iFlash BIOS update –.ITK file included in BIOS download (iFlash only) –Extract.bio file by selecting SW.exe

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 7 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 2: Run ITK. File  New Workspace and browse to the.itk file

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 8 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 3: Select Components –Flex module will be grayed out, unless you have specifically extracted and made the.bio file available.

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 9  Step 4: Configure BIOS options –Change BIOS defaults, hide or lock BIOS settings Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 10 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 5: Configure SMBIOS data –Enter data now or prompt for data during install

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 11 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 6: Select Flex Modules (865 and beyond) –Select or unselect modules as desired

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 12 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 6.1: Customizing your splash screen

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 13 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 7: Generate functions –Choose to Generate INI file at this point to use on the target system. (Not required if using the Generate media function that will automatically generate the ini file as well) –Choose to Generate BIOS file, if you wish to create a custom.bio file with flex modules. (the Generate Media function will not do this automatically) –Choose to Generate Report to view a report of the system settings that you have.

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 14  Step 8 (optional): Generating media (this feature is provided as a convenience and is not required) –Save all your changes and necessary files Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 15 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 8.1: Generating media (optional) –Flex Module changes can be added as well

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 16 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Manual Step 8: Install the customized ITK configuration on the target system(s) –Boot the target system to DOS –Use the DOS-based ITK utility “itoolkit” included with the ITK download  “itoolkit install –ini= ” –Use the appropriate BIOS installation procedure to install your flex module changes (.BIO file)

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 17 Intel ® Integrator Toolkit Command-line options for DOS tool

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 18 Using Intel® Integrator Toolkit  Step 9: –Done !! –Repeat the steps for multiple system builds Tip: The tool can also be used to create a sample batch file Returned error codes to identify – success, warning or failure are useful to embed into scripts.

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 19 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Disable unused ports: Serial and Parallel ports  Disable unused Integrated functions: Audio

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 20 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Disable unused controllers –Floppy controller

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 21 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Disable unused features –Event logging

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 22 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Enhance performance –Increase AGP aperture size

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 23 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Disable unused input –Legacy USB support: Only for USB keyboard & mouse

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 24 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Optimize for your discrete hardware –Take advantage of your performance memory

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 25 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Burn-In Mode –Stress your system by adjusting system clocks

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 26 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Enhance usability –ACPI: Set to S3 “Instantly Available”

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 27 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Reduce boot times –USB Boot: Remove items you are not using

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 28 Tuning for Performance Tuning for Performance  Reduce boot times –Change boot order

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 29 Reducing Support Costs  Configure SMBIOS data –Enter data now or prompt for data during install } Will prompt for data during ITK target system install

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 30 Customizing BIOS Features  Select Flex Modules –Select or unselect modules such as languages

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 31 Branding your System  Customizing your splash screen –Use your company logo to gain brand recognition

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 32 Install Customizations with a Floppy  Install the customized ITK configuration on the target system(s) –Boot the target system to DOS –Use the DOS-based ITK utility “itoolkit” included with the ITK download  “itoolkit install –ini= ” –Use the appropriate BIOS installation procedure to install your flex module changes (.BIO file)  Finished… repeat the steps for multiple system builds

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 33 iTK Release History Release Key Features Date iTK 1.x Dos Based Tool Q4/’01 iTK 2.0 “Reference free” GUI, Lock/hide settings Q3/’02 iTK 2.03 Support for 865/875 platforms Q4/’02 iTK 2.1 Flex Modules, 24-bit, Hi-Res custom splash, Generate update media Q1/’03 iTK 2.2 Support for new processor support, SATA iTK 2.3 Support for 915/925 platforms Q2/’04

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Page 34 Download locations  Tool available for download at: –programs.intel.com  na/eng/products/box_desktop_boards/intel_boards/p4_boards/p4_ dsk_board_d865perl/technical_reference/47038.htm –developer.intel.com 