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4.1 Using the Extensible Firmware Interface
Intel has introduced the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) as a means of giving
greater control to the operating system and to the end user as to how the system
starts and works. In this chapter we familiarize you with this environment.
The concept of the EFI is described in 1.3, "Extensible Firmware Interface" on
page 5.
Table 4-1 shows the common tasks you would perform in either BIOS or via a
DOS diskette and how they are now performed on the x450.
Table 4-1 New ways to do familiar tasks in the EFI
If you want to
On 32-bit xSeries system
Configure the internal
Enter adapter's configuration
SCSI/RAID controller
utility during server boot
Configure and set up
Press F1 during server boot and
the server
enter Configuration/Setup utility
Configure the Remote
Boot from Remote Supervisor
Supervisor Adapter
Adapter CD-ROM or diskette
and run the configuration utility
Run system
Press F2 during server boot and
diagnostics
enter the Diagnostic utility
Change the boot
Press F1 during server boot and
sequence
make the appropriate changes
in Configuration/Setup utility
Flash the firmware,
Boot from a Flash diskette with
BIOS or Service
appropriate updates and run
Processor
flash utility
Make changes in disk
Boot from a DOS diskette and
partitioning before the
run FDISK.EXE
operating system is
installed.
Basic file operations
Boot from DOS diskette and use
on the FAT/FAT32
cd , dir , copy , move , rm
partitions
commands
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On the x450
Run the LSI Logic SCSI Setup utility from the
EFI shell. See "Configuring SCSI controller
and internal disks" on page 74.
Run the Configuration and Setup utility from
the EFI Boot Manager menu. See 4.1.3,
"Configuration and Setup utility" on page 83.
Run the Remote Supervisor utility from the
EFI shell. See "Remote Supervisor Adapter
firmware update" on page 82.
Run the Diagnostic utility from the EFI Boot
Manager menu. See 4.1.4, "Diagnostic
utility" on page 84.
Enter the Boot option maintenance menu
from the EFI Boot Manager. See 4.1.5, "Boot
maintenance menu" on page 85.
Run the Flash Update from the Boot
Manager menu. See 4.1.2, "Flash update"
on page 80.
Run DISKPART from the EFI shell. See
"Deleting the disk content" on page 78.
Enter the EFI shell from Boot Manager menu
and use cd , dir , cp , mv , rm commands. See
"File operations in the EFI shell" on page 71.
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