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IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node Types 7917 and 2584: Installation and Service Guide
and continues operating with reduced memory. After the problem is
corrected, you must manually enable the memory connectors. Select System
Memory Details and use the arrow keys to highlight the pair of memory
connectors that you want to enable; then, set the connectors to Enable.
– Devices and I/O Ports
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and
input/output (I/O) ports. You can configure the remote console redirection
and enable or disable integrated Ethernet controllers. If you disable a device,
it cannot be configured, and the operating system cannot detect it (disabling a
device is equivalent to disconnecting the device).
You can also choose to enable or disable adapter option ROM support.
Disabling support can potentially improve the time it takes the compute node
to start.
– Power
Select this choice to view or change Active Energy Manager (AEM) power
capping to control power consumption and microprocessor performance
states.
– Boot Modes
Select this choice to view or change the boot settings. You can set the boot
mode and choose UEFI operating system support only, legacy (BIOS)
operating system support only, or UEFI and legacy operating system support.
Note: If you select the legacy only boot mode (which makes boot time much
faster), you will not be able to activate any feature on demand (FoD) keys.
– Operating Modes
Select this choice to determine operational settings, such as operating mode
(acoustic, efficiency, or performance) and memory speed.
– Legacy Support
Select this choice to view or set legacy support.
- Force Legacy Video on Boot
Select this choice to enable or disable force INT video support, if the
operating system does not support UEFI video output standards. The
default is Enable.
- Rehook INT
Select this choice to enable or disable devices from taking control of the
boot process. The default is Disable.
- Legacy Thunk Support
Select this choice to enable or disable UEFI to interact with PCI mass
storage devices that are non-UEFI compliant. The default is Enable.
- Infinite Boot Retry
Select this choice to enable or disable UEFI to infinitely retry the legacy
boot order.
- Non-Planar PXE
Select this choice to enable or disable non-system-board PXE for legacy
mode.
– System Security
Select this choice to view or change the security options for Trusted Platform
Module (TPM).
– Integrated Management Module