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Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
To start the Configuration/Setup Utility program, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the blade server (see "Turning on the blade server" on page 13).
2. Immediately give the blade server control of the BladeCenter unit shared
3. When the Configuration/Setup utility message appears, press F1.
4. Follow the instructions 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 the blade server, some menu choices might
differ slightly from these descriptions.
v System Summary
v System Information
v Devices and I/O Ports
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keyboard, video, and mouse ports.
v If you are managing the blade server using the BladeCenter system console,
press the KVM select button on the blade server (see "Understanding the
control panel and LEDs" on page 14 for information).
v If you are managing the blade server from a remote location, see the IBM
BladeCenter Management Module User's Guide, IBM BladeCenter
Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide, or IBM
BladeCenter Serial over LAN Setup Guide for information and instructions.
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.
– USB Device Summary
Select this choice to view information about the USB devices installed in the
blade server.
Select this choice to display information about the 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.
– Product Data
Select this choice to view the machine type and model of the 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.
You can also enable or disable the integrated SAS and Ethernet controllers, all
standard ports (such as serial), and the I/O-expansion card. Enable is the default
setting for all controllers. 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.
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