Configuration/Setup Utility Menu Choices - IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839 Installation And User Manual

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
v System Security
v Start Options
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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.
– Processor Summary
Select this choice to view information about the microprocessors installed in
the blade server.
Select this choice to display information about your blade server, such as: 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). 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.
Select this choice to enable or disable the Ethernet controllers. Enable is the
default setting for the Ethernet controller. If you disable a device, it cannot be
configured, and the operating system will not be able to detect it (this is
equivalent to disconnecting the device). If you disable the Ethernet controller, the
blade server will have no Ethernet capability.
– Remote Console Redirection
Select this choice to enable serial over LAN (SOL) and to set remote console
communication parameters.
– System MAC Addresses
Select this choice to set and view the MAC addresses for the Ethernet
controllers on the blade server.
Select this choice to set the system date and time, in 24-hour format
(hour:minute:second).
Select this choice to set or change the password (see "Using passwords" on
page 54 for more information).
Select this choice to view or change the start options. Start options take effect
when you start your blade server. You can set keyboard operating characteristics,
such as whether the blade server starts with the keyboard number lock on or off.
You can also enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the boot
record when the blade server starts.
Note: To set the startup sequence, which is the order in which the blade server
checks devices to find a boot record, you must use the BladeCenter
management-module Web interface. You can enable the blade server to run
without a diskette drive or keyboard. The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
start option should not be selected for any of the startup or boot device fields.