17

Jumper

Pins

Jumper name - effect when shorted

block

 

 

 

 

 

JP3

1-8

Reserved.

 

 

 

 

9-10

BMC Boot Block Write Enable - Allows the BMC boot

 

 

block to be overwritten when updating the BMC

 

 

firmware.

 

 

 

 

11-12

BIOS Boot Block Write Enable - Allows the BIOS boot

 

 

block to be overwritten when updating the BIOS.

 

 

 

Main jumpers

Below table identifies the function of each pin pair on the main jumper blocks (JP4, JP5, and JP6). The FRB3 Timer Disable jumper and the BMC Force Update jumper are special purpose jumpers that you should use only when instructed to do so. When you do need to enable any of these features, use one of the spares from JP4 pins 1 and 2 or JP25 pins 7 and 8.

Jumper

Pin

Jumper name - effect when shorted

block

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-2

Spare

 

 

 

 

3-4

BIOS Recovery - System will attempt to recover the

 

 

BIOS at the next boot.

 

 

 

 

5-6

Reserved

JP4

 

 

7-8

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

9-10

Password Clear - User and administrator passwords

 

 

are cleared at the next boot.

 

 

 

 

11-12

CMOS Clear - CMOS settings are cleared at the next

 

 

boot.

 

 

 

JP5

1-2

FRB3 Timer Disable - Disables fault resilient boot timer

 

 

3.

 

 

 

JP6

1-2

BMC Force Update - Lets a system with corrupted BMC

 

 

firmware boot for an update.

 

 

 

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