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IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 Types 7145 and 7146: Installation and User's Guide
Select this choice to view the system-board identifier and the revision level or
issue date of the server firmware, integrated management module, and
diagnostics code.
Select this choice to view or change the server component settings. This choice
is on the full Setup utility menu only.
– Adapters and UEFI Drivers
Select this choice to view information about the adapters and device drivers in
the server that are compliant with EFI 1.10 and UEFI 2.0.
– Processors
Select this choice to view or change the processor settings.
– Memory
Select this choice to view or change the memory settings. To configure
memory mirroring, select System Settings → Memory → Memory Mirroring
Mode → Mirrored.
– Devices and I/O Ports
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output
(I/O) ports. You can configure the serial ports; configure remote console
redirection; enable or disable integrated Ethernet controllers, the SAS/SATA
controller, SATA optical drive channels, and PCI slots; and view the system
Ethernet MAC addresses. 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).
– Power
Select this choice to view or change power settings.
- Active Energy Manager
Select this choice to enable or disable power capping. If you enable power
capping, the Active Energy Manager program will limit the maximum power
that is consumed by the server.
- Power Restore Policy
Select this choice to determine the mode of operation to which the server
will be restored after a power outage occurs. You can select Always on,
Always off, or Restore to restore the server the state it was in at the time
of the power outage.
– Operating Modes
Select this choice to select the memory speed or to specify a preset operating
mode to configure the server for maximum power savings, maximum
efficiency, or maximum performance.
- Efficiency mode
Select this choice to maintain the optimal balance between performance
and power consumption. The server generally produces the best
performance per watt while it is in this mode.
- Acoustic mode
Select this choice to configure the server to draw the minimum amount of
power and generate the least noise. Server performance might be
degraded depending on the application that you are running.
- Performance mode
Select this choice to achieve the highest absolute performance for most
server applications. The power consumption in this mode is often higher
than in the Efficiency or the Acoustics mode.
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