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Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
This section provides the instructions to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program
and descriptions of the menu choices.
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Complete the following steps to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program:
1. Turn on the blade server and watch the monitor screen.
2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1.
3. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices
The following choices are on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Depending
on the version of the BIOS code in your blade server, some menu choices might
differ slightly from these descriptions.
v System Summary
v System Information
v Devices and I/O Ports
v Date and Time
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Select this choice to display configuration information, including the type, speed,
and cache sizes of the microprocessors and the amount of installed memory.
When you make configuration changes through other options in the
Configuration/Setup Utility program, the changes are reflected in the system
summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.
This choice is on the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility menus.
Select this choice to display information about your blade server. When you
make configuration changes through other options in the Configuration/Setup
Utility program, some of those changes are reflected in the system information;
you cannot change settings directly in the system information.
This choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
– Product Data
Select this choice to view the machine type and model of your blade server,
the serial number, and the revision level or issue date of the BIOS and
diagnostics code stored in electrically erasable programmable ROM
(EEPROM).
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output
(I/O) ports.
Select this choice to enable or disable the integrated IDE and Ethernet
controllers.
– The default setting is Enable for the IDE and Ethernet controllers. If you
select Disable, the system will not configure the disabled device, and the
operating system will not detect the device. (This is equivalent to unplugging
the device.)
– If the on-board IDE controller is disabled and no other controller and mass
storage device are installed, operating-system startup cannot occur.
Select this choice to set the system date and time, in 24-hour format
(hour:minute:second). This choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main
menu only.
You can set a time to be added or subtracted from the system time that is sent to
the service processor each time the blade server is started. Use the number keys
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