Configuration/Setup Utility Menu Choices - IBM HS21 - BladeCenter - 8853 User Manual

Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

The following choices are on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Depending
on the version of the BIOS, some menu choices might differ slightly from these
descriptions.
v System Summary
v System Information
v Devices and I/O Ports
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Select this choice to display configuration information, including the type, speed,
and cache sizes of the microprocessors and the amount of installed memory.
When you make configuration changes through other choices in the
Configuration/Setup Utility program, the changes are reflected in the system
summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.
– Processor Summary
Select this choice to view information about the microprocessors installed in
the blade server.
– USB Device Summary
Select this choice to view information about the USB devices installed in the
blade server.
Select this choice to display information about the blade server. When you make
configuration changes through other options in the Configuration/Setup Utility
program, some of those changes are reflected in the system information; you
cannot change settings directly in the system information.
– Product Data
Select this choice to view the machine type and model of the blade server, the
serial number, and the revision level or issue date of the BIOS and
diagnostics code that are stored in electrically erasable programmable ROM
(EEPROM).
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output
(I/O) ports.
You can also enable or disable the integrated SAS and Ethernet controllers, all
standard ports (such as serial), and the I/O-expansion card. Enable is the default
setting for all controllers. If you disable a device, it cannot be configured, and the
operating system will not be able to detect it (this is equivalent to disconnecting
the device). If you disable the Ethernet controller, the blade server will have no
Ethernet capability.
With an optional BladeCenter Storage Expansion Unit 3, you can control all of
the SAS hard disk drives in the host blade server. Set BSE3 Controls All Blade
SAS HDD to Enable to control all of the hard disk drives in the host blade
server.
– Remote Console Redirection
Select this choice to enable Serial over LAN (SOL) and to set remote console
communication parameters.
– Video
Select this choice to view information about the integrated video controller.
– System MAC Addresses
Select this choice to set and view the MAC addresses for the Ethernet
controllers on the blade server.
Note: MAC addresses are displayed only for those devices with PXE enabled