Sun Microsystems CP3250 manual Changing the Configuration of a Bios Menu Item

5.1.3Description of the BIOS Screens

TABLE 5-1contains summary descriptions of the first-level BIOS Setup screens. For more information about the BIOS screens and screen illustrations, see Appendix A.

TABLE 5-1BIOS Setup Screens Summary

Screen	Description
Main	General system information.
Advanced	Configuration information for the CPUs, IDE, Super I/O, ACPI, Event
	Log, PCI Express, Smbios, MPS, Remote Access, and USB.
Boot	Configure the boot device priority (hard disk drives and the ATAPI
	DVD-ROM drive).
Security	Install or change the user and supervisor passwords.
Exit	Save or discard changes, or load optimal default BIOS settings.

5.2Changing the Configuration of a BIOS Menu Item

You can change the BIOS configuration by using a terminal (or terminal emulator connected to a computer) through the serial console port on the front of the Sun Netra CP3250 blade server.

Note – Using the ANSI terminal emulation mode provides the best viewing of the BIOS screens.

1.To change the system’s parameters, enter the BIOS Setup utility by pressing the F2 key while the system is performing the power-on self-test (POST).

See TABLE 5-1for summary descriptions of the BIOS screens. The first BIOS Setup menu screen is displayed.

2.Highlight the field to be modified using the arrow and Tab keys.

3.Press Enter to select the field.

A dialog box is displayed. The box displays the options that are available for the setup field that you have chosen.

4.Modify the setup field and close the screen.

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