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6.3

Configuration Settings

When the system is turned on or rebooted, the presence and functionality of the system.
For the F2 message to appear, you should enable the Diagnostic Splash Screen in the
Advanced menu. Press <F2> when the message Press <F2> to enter SETUP
appears on the screen. The following main menu appears as below:
Figure 6-1
Select either [Exit Saving Changes] or [Save Changes] after making a selection in the setup
menus. Both procedures store the selections displayed in the menus in CMOS. At next boot
up, BIOS configures the system according to the setup selection stored in CMOS. Refer to
Exit Menu on page 95
CMOS is a generic term that is used to refer to the storage device that stores BIOS
configuration data.
Make sure that BIOS is properly configured prior to installing the operating system and its
drivers. If changes have been saved in the setup, the next time the blade boots, BIOS will
configure the system according to the setup selections stored. If those values cause the
system boot to fail, reboot and enter setup to get the default values or to change the
selections that caused the failure
Data Corruption
If power to the blade is removed while the BIOS is still updating changes to the flash,
the changes will not be saved, and worse, the flash may be corrupted.
Whenever you select the Exit Saving Changes option to save changes to BIOS setup
and exit, do not power the blade down before BIOS reboots.
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