Using The Configuration/Setup Utility Program; Starting The Configuration/Setup Utility Program; Configuration/Setup Utility Menu Choices - IBM 6223 User Manual

Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program

This section provides instructions for starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program
and descriptions of the menu choices that are available.

Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program

Complete the following steps to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program:
1. Turn on the computer and watch the monitor screen. If the computer is already
2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup, Press F12 for Boot
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

The following choices are on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Depending
on the version of the BIOS code in your computer, some menu choices might differ
slightly from these descriptions.
Note: When you use your computer for the first time, you might want to use the
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choice Load Default Settings to reset the
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices to the factory default settings, in case they
were changed before you received the computer. Otherwise, some choices might
not appear in the list of menu choices.
v System Summary
v System Information
v Devices and I/O Ports
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on when you start this procedure, you must shut down the operating system,
turn off the computer, wait a few seconds until all in-use LEDs are turned off,
and restart the computer.
Menu appears on the screen during startup, press F1. (This prompt appears on
the screen for only a few seconds. You must press F1 quickly.) If you have set
both a user password and an administrator password, you must type the
administrator password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
Select this choice to view 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 options in the
Configuration/Setup Utility program, the changes are reflected in the system
summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.
This choice is on the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
Select this choice to view information about your computer, such as the machine
type and model of your computer, the serial number, and the revision level or
issue date of the BIOS code stored in electrically erasable programmable ROM
(EEPROM). When you make 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.
This choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu only.
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output
(I/O) ports.
Select this choice to enable or disable integrated SCSI and Ethernet controllers
and all standard ports (such as serial and parallel). 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 integrated SCSI controller and no SCSI adapter is