IBM 8840 CPU Options, PCI Bus Control, Baseboard Management Controller Settings, POST Error Log

manually enable the memory connectors. Use the arrow keys to highlight the pair of memory connectors that you want to enable, and use the arrow keys to select Enable.

Select Memory Configuration to enable memory mirroring or online-spare memory. You can enable either online-spare memory or memory mirroring, but not both at the same time.

–CPU Options

Select this choice to disable the microprocessor cache or set it to use the write-back or write-through method. Write-back caching generally provides better system performance.

–PCI Bus Control

Select this choice to view and set interrupts for PCI devices and to configure the master-latency-timer value for the server.

–Baseboard Management Controller Settings

Select this choice to view the Baseboard Management Controller Settings, including the Network Configuaration and Baseboard Management Controller Settings System Event Log. You can also enable or disable the Reboot on System NMI option on the menu. If you enable this option, the server will automatically restart 60 seconds after the service processor issues a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) to the server. If you disable this option, the server will not restart. Enable is the default setting.

v Event/Error Logs

Select this choice to view or clear error logs.

–POST Error Log

Select this choice to view the three most recent error codes and messages that were generated during POST. Select Clear error logs to clear the POST error log.

–System Event/Error Log

Select this choice to view the System Event/Error log, which contains all system error and warning messages that have been generated. Use the arrow keys to move between pages in the log. If an optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine is installed, the full text of the error messages is displayed; otherwise, the log contains only numeric error codes. Run the diagnostic program to get more information about error codes that occur. See the Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD for instructions. Select Clear error logs to clear the System Event/Error log.

vSave Settings

Select this choice to save the changes you have made in the settings.

vRestore Settings

Select this choice to cancel the changes you have made in the settings and restore the previous settings.

vLoad Default Settings

Select this choice to cancel the changes you have made in the settings and restore the factory settings.

vExit Setup

Select this choice to exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If you have not saved the changes you have made in the settings, you are asked whether you want to save the changes or exit without saving them.

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