Setting Automatic Hardware Power Management Features - IBM 3746-900 Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Setting Automatic Hardware Power Management Features

10. To exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program, press Esc and follow the
Automatic Power-On Features
The Automatic Power-On features within the Advanced Power Management menu
allow you to enable and disable features that turn the computer on automatically.
Network Settings
This section applies only to computers linked to a network.
The Configuration/Setup Utility program includes settings that can be enabled and
disabled to configure the network interface in the computer. These settings are:
1. Start the Configuration/Setup Utility program (see "Service Processor
Configuration / Setup Utility" on page H-8).
2. Select Advanced Power Management from the Configuration/Setup Utility
program menu.
3. Be sure that APM BIOS Mode is set to Enabled. If it is not, press Left Arrow
(←) or Right Arrow (→) to change the setting.
4. Select Automatic Hardware Power Management.
5. Set Automatic Hardware Power Management to Enabled.
6. Select values for the three levels of power management (system power,
processor speed, and display), as necessary.
7. Set Hard Disk to Enabled or Disabled.
Note: This does not apply to SCSI drives.
8. Press Esc twice to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility program menu.
9. Before you exit from the program, select Save Settings from the
Configuration/Setup Utility program menu.
instructions on the screen.
Serial Port Ring Detect: With this feature set to Enabled and an external
modem connected to serial port (COM1), the computer will turn on
automatically when a ring is detected on the modem.
Modem Ring Detect: With this feature set to Enabled, the computer will turn
on automatically when a ring is detected on the internal modem.
Wake Up on Alarm: You can specify a date and time at which the computer
will be turned on automatically. This can be either a single event or a daily
event.
Wake on LAN: If the computer has a properly configured token-ring or
Ethernet LAN adapter card that is Wake on LAN feature-enabled and there is
remote network management software, you can use the IBM-developed Wake
on LAN feature. When you set Wake on LAN to Enabled, the computer will
turn on when it receives a specific signal from another computer on the local
area network (LAN). For further information, see "Wake on LAN" on
page 3-36.
Flash over LAN (Update POST/BIOS over Network)
Wake on LAN
Chapter 3. Service Processor Troubleshooting
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