Configuration

Configuration Overview

You play a key role in how your server allocates resources to organize and interconnect hardware devices and software programs. This allocation process is referred to as configuration. The steps required to configure your server depend on the number and variety of devices and programs that you install.

Your server has the flexibility and power to support several types of adapters. This flexibility lets you choose from among thousands of adapters and devices that comply with any of the following standards:

ŸPeripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)

ŸExtended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA)

ŸIndustry Standard Architecture (ISA)

ŸSCSI-2 (SCSI)

In general, the greater the number and variety of hardware devices and software programs you install in your server, the more you will have to interact with your server and your devices to correctly configure your system.

Several hardware configuration utility programs come with your server. Use the built-in Setup program to define the system date and time, and control access to the diskette drive.

The System Configuration Utility (SCU) program is your main tool to configure the system. Use it to define most configuration settings. The values that you enter in the System Configuration Utility program override the entries in the Setup program.

See “Using the SCSISelect Utility Program” on page 64 and the SCSI Software User's Guide for information on using the SCSI-2 utility programs to configure the SCSI devices that you attach to the SCSI controllers on the system board.

Configuration switches and jumpers reside on the system board.

The switches enable you to define some configuration settings.

40PC Server 704 User's Handbook

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