Additional Configuration/Setup Utility Menu Choices - IBM 8670 - Eserver xSeries 345 User Manual

v Error Logs
v Save Settings
v Restore Settings
v Load Default Settings
v Exit Setup

Additional Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

When you install an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter in your server, you can view
or set additional information in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, such as:
v System Summary
v PCI Bus Control
v Administrator Password
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IBM xSeries 345 Type 8670: User's Guide
– CPU Options
Select this choice to specify whether the serial number in the microprocessor
is to be readable. You can also disable the microprocessor cache or set it to
use the write-back or write-through method. Write-back caching generally
provides better system performance.
– PCI Bus Control
Select this choice to view and set interrupts for PCI devices and to configure
the master latency timer value for the server.
– Integrated System Management Processor Settings
Select this choice to enable or disable the Reboot on System NMI option on
the menu. If you enable this option, the server will automatically restart 60
seconds after the service processor issues a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) to
the server. If you disable this option, the server will not restart. Enable is the
default setting.
Select this choice to view or clear error logs.
– POST Error Log
Select this choice to view the three most recent error codes and messages
that were generated during POST. Select Clear error logs to clear the POST
error log.
– System Event/Error Log
Select this choice to view the System Event/Error log, which contains all
system error and warning messages that have been generated. Use the arrow
keys to move between pages in the log. Select Clear error logs to clear the
System Event/Error log.
Select this choice to save the changes you have made in the settings (except
PCI Bus Control changes).
Select this choice to cancel the changes you have made in the settings (except
PCI Bus Control changes) and restore the previous settings.
Select this choice to cancel the changes you have made in the settings (except
PCI Bus Control changes) and restore the factory settings.
Select this choice to exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If you have
not saved the changes you have made in the settings, you are asked whether
you want to save the changes or exit without saving them.
Select this choice to view additional information about your server.
Select this choice to view or set additional properties of the adapters installed in
PCI slots.
Select this choice to set or change the administrator password.