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

Description

Server

Disabled

Enabled loads the Server Management Interrupt

Management Mode

Enabled

handler, which handles system errors.

 

 

 

System Event

Disabled

Enabled forces the BIOS and the BMC to log

Logging

Enabled

system events.

 

 

 

Clear Event Log

Disabled

Enabled clears the system event log.

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

Assert NMI on

Disabled

Enabled generates a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)

AERR

Enabled

on an address parity error (AERR).

 

 

 

Assert NMI on

Disabled

Enabled generates an NMI on a bus error (BERR).

BERR

Enabled

 

 

 

 

Assert NMI on

Disabled

Enabled generates an NMI on a parity error (PERR).

PERR

Enabled

To activate this feature, the system error (SERR)

 

 

option must be enabled.

 

 

 

Assert NMI on

Disabled

Enabled generates an NMI on a SERR.

SERR

Enabled

 

 

 

 

Enabled Host Bus

Disabled

Enables host single-bit errors (SBEs) and multiple-

Error

Enabled

bit errors (MBEs).

 

 

 

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

Description

COM Port

Disabled

When enabled, console redirection uses the I/O

Address

3F8

port specified.

 

2F8

When disabled, console redirection is

 

3E8

completely disabled.

 

 

 

IRQ #

None, 3, or 4

When console redirection is enabled, this field

 

 

displays the IRQ assigned based on the

 

 

address chosen in the COM Port Address field.

 

 

 

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