System Management Submenu; Console Redirection Submenu - Gateway ALR 9200 Maintaining And Troubleshooting

94 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Gateway ALR 9200 Server

System Management Submenu

The system management submenu provides eight fields that allow you to
set system management characteristics. Table 20 lists the fields and the
options for each.
Table 20: System Management Submenu
Field Options
Server Disabled
Management Mode Enabled
System Event Disabled
Logging Enabled
Clear Event Log Disabled
Enabled
Assert NMI on Disabled
AERR Enabled
Assert NMI on Disabled
BERR Enabled
Assert NMI on Disabled
PERR Enabled
Assert NMI on Disabled
SERR Enabled
Enabled Host Bus Disabled
Error Enabled

Console Redirection Submenu

The console redirection submenu provides four fields that allow you to
control the redirection of system management data to a remote console.
Table 21 lists the fields and the options for each.
Table 21: Console Redirection Submenu
Field Options
COM Port Disabled
Address 3F8
2F8
3E8
IRQ # None, 3, or 4
Description
Enabled loads the Server Management Interrupt
handler, which handles system errors.
Enabled forces the BIOS and the BMC to log
system events.
Enabled clears the system event log.
Enabled generates a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)
on an address parity error (AERR).
Enabled generates an NMI on a bus error (BERR).
Enabled generates an NMI on a parity error (PERR).
To activate this feature, the system error (SERR)
option must be enabled.
Enabled generates an NMI on a SERR.
Enables host single-bit errors (SBEs) and multiple-
bit errors (MBEs).
Description
When enabled, console redirection uses the I/O
port specified.
When disabled, console redirection is
completely disabled.
When console redirection is enabled, this field
displays the IRQ assigned based on the
address chosen in the COM Port Address field.