Navigation And Menus; Saving Settings; Boot Device Order (Models Xx3); Boot Device Order (Models Xx4) - IBM SurePOS 700 Series Hardware Service Manual

Navigation and menus

Use an attached PC keyboard and video display to navigate and configure options.
Start the BIOS Setup Utility during the POST by pressing the appropriate key when
prompted:
v For Models X23, X43, X83, press the Delete key to enter setup.
v For Models 784, C84, and E84, you must press the F2 key when the system
Menus provide configuration of different system functions. Menus preceded by the
greater than (>) symbol have submenus. Use the arrow key to navigate the menus,
and use the Esc key to exit them. After you select a submenu, press Enter to open
it.

Saving settings

You must save changes made in the IBM BIOS Setup Utility so that they can take
effect on the next system boot. Exceptions are the time and date, which are
updated and saved immediately. To save changes, select Save & Exit Setup on the
main menu, or press F10 at any time. To exit Setup without saving changes, select
Exit Without Saving, or press Esc while at the main menu.
You can save your settings to a file using the CMOS Save Utility and copy them to
other units using the CMOS Restore Utility. You can download these utilities from
the IBM Retail Store Solutions Web site at http://www2.clearlake.ibm.com/store/
support/html/surepos700.html.

Boot device order (Models xx3)

The boot device order is a setting that you can configure in BIOS. This function
controls the devices from which the system can be booted and the order in which
they are started. This function is located on the Advanced BIOS Features menu as
First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device, and Fourth Boot
Device. Navigate to each item, and press Enter to see a list of available boot
devices.
The system default boot devices are as follows:
v First Boot Device: USB-FDD
v Second Boot Device: CD-ROM
v Third Boot Device: Hard Disk
v Fourth Boot Device: Broadcom PXE
With these settings, the system attempts to boot first from a diskette in a USB
diskette drive, then from the CD ROM, then from hard disk drive 0, and then from
the LAN. If no devices are bootable, the system will repeatedly try the boot list in
order until it is successful.
Note: BIOS sees the USB memory keys as hard disk drives.

Boot device order (Models xx4)

For the boot device order for the xx4 models, refer to the SurePOS700 Series:
SurePOS 700–723/743/784 Operating System Installation Guide, GA27–5002.
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prompts you to enter setup.