IBM HS40 manual Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices, v System Summary, v System Information

Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

The following choices are on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Depending on the version of the BIOS code in your blade server, some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions.

vSystem Summary

Select this choice to display configuration information, including the type, speed, and cache sizes of the microprocessors and the amount of installed memory. When you make configuration changes through other options in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, the changes are reflected in the system summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.

Select Processor Summary to view information about the microprocessors installed in the blade server.

vSystem Information

Select this choice to display information about your blade server, such as: the machine type and model of your blade server, the serial number, and the revision level or issue date of the BIOS and diagnostics code stored in electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM). When you make configuration changes through other options in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, some of those changes are reflected in the system information; you cannot change settings directly in the system information.

vDevices and I/O Ports

Select this choice to enable or disable the Ethernet controllers. Enable is the default setting for the Ethernet controller. If you disable a device, it cannot be configured, and the operating system will not be able to detect it (this is equivalent to disconnecting the device). If you disable the Ethernet controller, the blade server will have no Ethernet capability.

–Remote Console Redirection

Select this choice to enable serial over LAN (SOL) and to set remote console communication parameters.

–System MAC Addresses

Select this choice to set and view the MAC addresses for the Ethernet controllers on the blade server.

vDate and Time

Select this choice to set the system date and time, in 24-hour format (hour:minute:second).

vSystem Security

Select this choice to set or change the password (see “Using passwords” on page 14 for more information).

vStart Options

Select this choice to view or change the start options. Start options take effect when you start your blade server. You can set keyboard operating characteristics, such as whether the blade server starts with the keyboard number lock on or off. You can also enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the boot record when the blade server starts.

Note: To set the startup sequence, which is the order in which the blade server checks devices to find a boot record, you must use the BladeCenter management-module Web interface. You can enable the blade server to run without a diskette drive or keyboard. The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) start option should not be selected for any of the startup or boot device fields.

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