Advanced Menu; Lock/Unlock Boards; View Additional System Information Menu; Set Verification Mode Menu - Dell PowerEdge 4300 User Manual

The Advanced menu lets you lock or unlock cards in a configuration, view detailed
information about the system, and maintain .sci files.
To see the Advanced menu, press <F7> while in the Step 3: View or edit details
menu. The following menu appears:

Advanced menu

Lock/unlock boards

View additional system information menu

Set verification mode menu

Maintain SCI files menu

Highlight the menu category you want, and press <Enter>. Then follow the online
instructions.
The following subsections describe each category.
When you lock an expansion card, the RCU cannot change the resources allocated to
that card. Unlocking the card allows the system to change the resources automatically
as new cards are added. The default for Lock/unlock boards is Unlocked. Dell rec-
ommends that you keep your cards unlocked so that the RCU can do its job properly.
NOTE: If changes are made to the hardware or System Setup configuration, locks may
not be maintained. The RCU ignores the Lock/unlock boards setting for the PCI host
bridge and the PCI-to-PCI bridge devices.
The RCU contains detailed information about the system board and the used and
available resources. The options under View additional system information menu
are:
Board Specifications
System Specifications
Used Resources
Available Resources
Used Resources and Available Resources contain detailed information about
resources such as IRQs, DMA channels, I/O ports, and memory addresses, which
may be useful if you need to resolve a resource conflict.
The settings for Set verification mode menu are Automatic (the default) and
Manual. When the Automatic setting is selected, the RCU automatically checks for
resource conflicts and tries to resolve them. Unless you are technically knowledge-
able, leave the setting at Automatic.
Using the Resource Configuration Utility 5-11