Bios Screens; Configuring Bios Settings; Using Bios Menu Items - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450 Service Manual

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BIOS Screens

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Configuring BIOS Settings

This section describes how to view and/or modify the BIOS Setup Utility screens in
the
Sun Fire X4450 server
be used to configure the server BIOS settings.
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) has a Setup utility stored in the BIOS flash
memory. The configured data is provided with context-sensitive Help and is stored in
the system's battery-backed CMOS RAM. If the configuration stored in the CMOS
RAM is invalid, the BIOS settings default to the original state specified at the factory.
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Using BIOS Menu Items

You can access BIOS configuration screens from the following interfaces:
Use a USB keyboard, mouse, and VGA monitor connected directly to the server.
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Use a terminal (or terminal emulator connected to a computer) through the serial
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port on the back panel of the server.
To access BIOS configuration screens and change the system's parameters:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup utility by pressing the F2 key while the system is performing
the power-on self-test (POST).
When BIOS is started, the main BIOS Setup menu screen is displayed.
. The BIOS Setup utility reports system information and can
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