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What You Can Do with the System Environment Setting

Ch 2: System Environment Setting

What You Can Do with the System Environment Setting

In the system environment setting, you use the BIOS setup (Setup Menu below) and the ISA configuration utility (ICU below) to create an environment in which the system equipment is usable.

Outline of the Setup Menu

In the Setup Menu, you can set up the following:

•Main Menu

-Setting date and time for the built-in timer

-Type of floppy disk drive

-Type of IDE hard disk drive (unsupported)

-Checking for keyboard at startup

-System information (checking only)

-Memory capacity (checking only)

•Advanced Menu

-Resetting the setup data

-Setting initial diagnosis for ROM

-Setting PCI

-Setting I/O devices

-Console redirection (unsupported)

-Setting extended multiprocessor configuration table

-Setting I/O APIC mode

-Setting memory gap

-Setting parity check for PCI

-Setting memory test

-Setting 4GB or more caching for main memory

-Setting large-capacity disk access (unsupported)

-Setting light cache for disk (unsupported)

-Setting speaker volume

-Setting USB controller

•Security Menu

-Setting administrator password

-Setting user password

-Whether or not to use password at startup

•Boot Menu

-Setting priority for boot devices

•Exit Menu

-Exiting the Setup Menu

-Loading setup data

-Setting defaults

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Hitachi 8880R manual What You Can Do with the System Environment Setting, Outline of the Setup Menu

Contents

Hitachi VisionBase 8880R Server Product Guide Copyright TrademarksDisclaimer Issue Date November Part Number 202-85031-01-Rev A Contents 3 Error Information POST Error System Beeps System Specifications 1 HardwareSystem Overview 6 SCA2 Disk Bay SAF-TE Hot-swappable disk bay compliant SCSI Ch 1 Hardware Powering-On the System Figure 1 Accessing the Power SuppliesFigure 2 Accessing the Power Supplies Figure 3 P/S Receptacle and On/Off Switch Front Panel Figure 4 Front Panel Detail Figure 6 Direct Boot Switch Detail Back PanelFigure 5 Back Panel Detail Detail A Removing the Server Panels and Accessing Its Components Safety GuidelinesWarnings and Cautions Tools and Supplies You Need Accessing the PCI Slots Figure 7 Accessing the Option Slots PCI/ISA Option Boards Figure 8 Option Slots Figure 9 Accessing the Hard Disk Drives Hard Disk DrivesSCSI SCA Hard Disk Drives Figure 10 Hard Disk Drive Bays Installing/Swapping a HDD Figure 11 Removing/Installing a HDD Optional Devices Figure 12 Mounting the HDD CarrierHDD HDD Position Pins HDD Carrier 4 Mounting Screws Figure 14 CPU/VRM Installation Detail Figure 13 Memory and CPU Slots Memory Figure 15 Memory Board Slot Location The system supports the following specifications for memory DIMMs Jumper Settings Figure 16 System Board Default Jumper SettingsVRM #3 VRM #4 Figure 17 I/O Board Switch Settings 2 System Environment Setting Flow of System Environment SettingBefore Operations What You Can Do with the System Environment Setting Outline of the Setup Menu Outline of ISA Configuration Utility ICU Setting for Each BoardNotes on Use PCI Board Setup Menu Flow of the Setup Menu Operation Starting the Setup Menu Figure 18 Entering Setup Menu Setup Menu Screen Configuration of the Setup Menu ScreenFigure 19 Setup Menu Screen Configuration Operating the Keys on the Setup Menu In the Setup Menu, the following key operations are allowed Steps for Setting the Setup Menu What You Can Do on the Main MenuFigure 20 Main Menu Screen System Time and System Date Legacy Diskette A,BPrimary Master Slave Reset Configuration Data Execute ROM Diagnostic UnsupportedWhat You Can Do on the Advanced Menu Network server PCI Configuration I/O Device ConfigurationSelect Resources Current Resources Parallel port Floppy disk controllerLocal Bus IDE adapter PS/2 Mouse Ext MP Configuration Table Enable memory gapConsole Redirection Unsupported I/O APIC Mode WinNT 4.0 Install Mode Large Disk Access Mode UnsupportedSpeaker Volume Caching Above 4GB Supervisor Password is User Password isSet Supervisor Password Set User Password What You Can Do on the Boot menu Figure 23 Boot Menu ScreenHard Drive IDE Hard Disk Drive What You Can Do on the Exit Menu Exit Saving ChangesExit Discarding Changes Figure 24 Exit Menu Screen ISA Configuration Utility ICU Notes on the Setup MenuLoad Setup Defaults Discard Changes Backup for ICU Disk Flow of Operation with the ICU System Resources Starting the ICUSpace Do not remove ICU DISK2 before the ICU terminates How to Use Help ICU ScreenOperating the ICU Figure 25 ICU Screen Exiting the ICU Checking Resource Status Checking Resources Used by the System Adding an Extended Board Checking Resources for Extended Boards 6. A dialog box for confirmation is displayed. Choose OK Changing the Settings in Extended Boards Settings for Each ResourceReserving I/O Port Addresses Removing an Extended Board When ICU Program Disk Has Been Destroyed Reserving Resources In Use from an ISA BoardNOTE Unknown Card is displayed for RAID controller PC-CA7112 Restoring Configuration Information Lock/Unlock Card Errors and Countermeasures Restrictions on the ICU Returning the Settings to Defaults Returning the Settings of the Setup Information to DefaultsReturning the ICU Settings to Defaults List of Utility Settings Fixed Configuration Ch 2 System Environment Setting Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utilities This table defines the SCSI Select factory default settings 3 Error Information POST ErrorCh 3 Error Information Hitachi VisionBase 8880R System Beeps Installing Windows NT 2. Select Advanced Menu-Windows NT 4.0 Install Mode4 NT Drivers and Limitations Windows NT Driver Recommendations Ch 4 NT Drivers and Limitations 5 Related Document and Specification Environment SpecificationRelated Document Ch 5 Related Document and Specification Hitachi VisionBase 8880R