IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual page 65

v Start Options
Select this choice to view or change the start options. Changes in the start
options take effect when you start the blade server.
– Startup Sequence Options
Select this choice to view or change the startup device sequence that is set
for the blade server.
You can set keyboard operating characteristics, such as whether the blade server
starts with the keyboard number lock on or off. You can enable the blade server
to run without a diskette drive or keyboard.
You can enable or disable the PXE option for either of the integrated Gigabit
Ethernet controllers. If the MPE unit is installed, you can enable or disable the
PXE option for either of its integrated Gigabit Ethernet controllers. The default
setting for Planar Ethernet 1 and Planar Ethernet 2 is enabled, and if the MPE
is installed, the default setting for Planar Ethernet 3 and Planar Ethernet 4 is
disabled.
You can enable USB disk support, which enables the blade server to use a USB
storage device that is connected to the USB port in the media tray of the
BladeCenter unit. See the documentation for your BladeCenter unit for additional
information.
If you enable the boot fail count, the BIOS default settings will be restored after
three consecutive failures to find a boot record.
You can enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the boot record
when the blade server starts.
v Advanced Setup
Select this choice to change settings for advanced hardware features.
Important: The blade server might malfunction if these settings are incorrectly
configured. Follow the instructions on the screen carefully.
– Memory Settings
Select this choice to manually enable a pair of memory connectors.
If a memory error is detected during POST or memory configuration, the blade
server automatically disables the failing memory pair of memory connectors
and continues operating with reduced memory. After the problem is corrected,
you must enable the memory connectors. Use the arrow keys to highlight the
pair of memory connectors that you want to enable, and use the arrow keys to
select Enable.
– PCI Bus Control
Select this choice to view and set interrupts for PCI devices, enable or disable
PCI ROM control, and to configure the master-latency-timer value for the
blade server.
– Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Settings
Select this choice to enable or disable the Reboot on System NMI option on
the menu. If you enable this option, the blade server will automatically restart
60 seconds after the service processor issues a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)
to the blade server. You can also select this choice to enable or disable and
set the timeouts for the POST and OS loader watchdog timers.
– BMC Network Configuration
Select this choice to set the network addresses of the BMC.
– BMC System Event Log
Select this choice to view and clear BMC event log entries.
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