Starting The Bios Setup Utility Program; Bios Setup Utility Menu Choices - IBM System x3610 User Manual

v View and clear the error and event logs
v Resolve configuration conflicts

Starting the BIOS Setup Utility program

To start the BIOS Setup Utility program, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the prompt Press F1 for BIOS Setup appears, press F1. If you have set
3. Select the settings to view or change.

BIOS Setup Utility menu choices

The following choices are on the BIOS Setup Utility main window taskbar.
Depending on the version of the BIOS code, some taskbar choices might differ
slightly from these descriptions.
v Main
v Advanced
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both a user password and a supervisor password, you must type the supervisor
password to access the full BIOS Setup Utility menu. If you do not type the
supervisor password, a limited BIOS Setup Utility menu is available.
Select this choice to view system information, such as the machine type and
model, serial number, UIID, system board identifier, asset tag number;
information about the BIOS, microprocessors, system memory size; and to view
or change the system date and time. This is the default page that is displayed
when you start the BIOS Setup Utility program.
Select this choice to view or configure advanced features for the server hardware
and software.
– CPU configuration
Configure advanced features for the microprocessors.
– SATA configuration
View each recognized SATA device, and configure SATA as disabled,
enhanced or compatible.
– Super I/O configuration
Select the base address for the serial port used by the Super I/O chipset.
– USB configuration
View the USB configuration and enable or disable USB functions and legacy
USB support.
– ACPI configuration
View and change the settings in the Advanced Configuration And Power
Interface (ACPI), such as whether to enable support for the advanced
programmable interrupt controller (APCI).
– APM configuration
View and change the settings in the advanced power management (APM)
configuration, such as whether the server should automatically restart when
ac power is restored.
– Event log configuration
View the event log, clear the event log, or enable or disable PCI Express
advanced error logging.
– IPMI configuration
View and change the settings in the intelligent platform management interface
(IPMI) configuration: view the version of IPMI and the version of BMC