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Tips & Tricks
Passwords can also be cleared using jumpers on the system board. For instructions, see “Resetting BIOS passwords” on page 70.
Identifying your server
2Select the Security menu, then select the password to remove.
3Enter the current password, then press ENTER.
4For the new password, leave the password field blank, then press ENTER. The password is removed.
Identifying your server
While you are working on a cabinet that contains several slim servers, it can be difficult to keep track of which server or servers you are currently working on. The System ID indicator is a yellow (front) and blue (back) LED that you can turn on to help you locate the correct server. For the System ID indicator to turn on, the server does not need to be turned on, but it does need to be plugged in.
To turn on the System ID indicator:
1Press the ID button on the control panel of the server. The yellow (front) and blue (back) ID LED indicators turn on. For the location of these LEDs, see “LED information” on page 9.
2To turn off the indicator, press the System ID button.
Updating the baseboard management controller firmware
The baseboard management controller (BMC) performs several system management functions such as:
■Monitoring server components (FRU) and sensor data records (SDR) (the information provided depends on the option selected)
■Managing
■Interfacing with the emergency management port to send alerts and interact with remote management systems
■Fault resilient booting (the extent depends on the option selected)
You should update the BMC firmware when Gateway Customer Care has instructed you to update it.
To update the BMC firmware:
1Download the BMC update file from support.gateway.com and copy onto a USB
2Turn off and boot the system from the SCDVD, then open the command line.
3At the command line, change directories to the USB
4Run the update utility on the USB
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