Using The Configuration/Setup Utility Program; Starting The Configuration/Setup Utility Program; Configuration/Setup Utility Menu Choices - IBM IntelliStation M Pro User Manual

v SCSISelect Utility program (some models)

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

To start the Configuration/Setup Utility program, complete the following steps:
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 the computer, some menu choices might differ
slightly from these descriptions.
Note: When you use the computer for the first time, you might want to use the
v System Summary
v System Information
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To configure the integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller, see "Configuring the
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller" on page 32.
If the computer comes with a SCSI adapter, you can use the SCSISelect Utility
program to configure devices that are attached to the SCSI adapter. Use this
program to change default values, resolve configuration conflicts, and perform a
low-level format on a SCSI hard disk drive. For information about using this utility
program, see "Using the SCSISelect Utility program (some models)" on page 32.
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.
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.
Select this choice to view configuration information, including 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.
– Processor summary
Select this choice to view the processor information, including the type, speed,
and cache size of the microprocessor.
Select this choice to view information about the computer. 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.