Configuration; Using The Configuration/Setup Utility Program; Starting The Configuration/Setup Utility Program; Configuration/Setup Utility Menu Choices - Intel SBXL52 - Server Compute Blade Hardware Maintenance Manual

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4 Configuration

The following configuration programs are provided with your blade server:

• Configuration/Setup Utility program

This is part of the basic input/output system (BIOS) code in your blade server. Use it to change

interrupt request (IRQ) settings, set the date and time, and set passwords. See "Using the

Configuration/Setup Utility program" for more information.

• PXE boot agent utility program

The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot agent utility program is part of the BIOS code

in the blade server. Use it to select the boot protocol and other boot options, to display the PXE

setup prompt or to disable it, to set the prompt display duration, and to select a power

management option. For information about using this utility, see "Using the PXE boot agent

utility program" on page 14.

This section provides the instructions to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and

descriptions of the menu choices.

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.

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.

• System Summary

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.

• System Information

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.

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