VMware Workstation 11 – Accessing the BIOS April 13, 2015
BIOSVirtualizationVMware Workstation 11

You may add the following line to the virtual machine’s configuration file (.vmx) to provide a (5) second delay from the initial post screen to enter the virtual machines BIOS settings.

 

bios.bootDelay = “5000”

 

Enjoy!