ASF Support

Common Options : Automatic, Enabled, Disabled

Quick Review

ASF is short for Alert Standard Format. It is a remote client management technology born out of the simpler Alert on LAN (AoL) standard. Note though that Alert on LAN is quite different from the Wake on LAN (WoL) feature found in many network interface cards.

This BIOS feature serves to control the ASF functions in your system.

When set to Automatic, the ASF controller will be activated and allowed to communicate with a remote management server, if and when one queries it.

When enabled, the ASF controller will be activated and allowed to communicate with a remote management server.

When disabled, the ASF controller will be disabled. The system will not communicate with any remote management server.

Please note that ASF support does not end at the BIOS level. It must be properly configured on both the client and server end to function properly.

Therefore, there is no need to enable this BIOS feature unless you want to configure ASF for this system, as part of a remote client management network.

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