Chapter Three System Setup; System Bios Setup - Inspur NP5540M3 Manual

Chapter Three System Setup

In this chapter, the regular jumper of motherboard and BIOS function setup of
this server are introduced. Only operator or administrator with qualification of system
maintenance can implement these operations described in this part.

3.1 System BIOS Setup

BIOS is a basic input and output system. With some special setting programs, it
can adjust the system parameter and the hardware parameter. As BIOS has great influ-
ence on the starting and running of the system, setting parameters improperly may arise
the conflict among hardware resources, or affect the system's performance. Hence un-
derstanding the BIOS setup is significant to server configuration. If there is no especial
requirement, we suggest you use the default value and not alter the parameters.
Notes:
1.Before the server BIOS setup is altered, please record the corresponding origi-
nal setup. Hence when there are operating problems in the system due to the alteration,
the setup can be restored.
2.The factory default system setup is usually the optimized setup. Don't try to al-
ter the parameters before you understand their denotations.
3.The common setup is introduced in detail in this chapter. For items less used in
the application, this chapter only offers simple instruction or just omits the instruction.
4.The contents of the BIOS may differ due to the different configurations of prod-
ucts; no detailed introduction will be provided here.
3.1.1 How to Enter the BIOS Setup
Power up and start the server. When the picture of "Press <DEL> to SETUP or
<TAB> to POST", press [DEL], wait for a while and then the system enters BIOS set-
up.
If the system does not enter BIOS setup after previous steps, please press [Ctrl]-
[Alt]-[Del] at the same time to reset the system, and repeat operations above. (If the
prompt displays to press [DEL] again, please press it quickly.)
Notes: some items in BIOS cannot be configured, for example, information of sys-
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