IBM XSERIES 220 manual System Information, Product Data, Devices and I/O Ports, Date and Time

Changes that you make to configuration settings appear on this summary screen. You cannot edit the fields.

This choice appears on both the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility menus.

•System Information

Select this choice to display information about the server. Changes that you make on other menus might appear on this summary screen. You cannot edit any fields. The System Information choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.

—Product Data

Select this choice to view system information, such as the machine type and model, the server serial number, and the revision level or issue date of the BIOS that is stored in the flash electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM).

•Devices and I/O Ports

Select this choice to view or change the assignments for devices and input/output ports. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.

•Date and Time

Select this choice to set the system date and time.

The system time is in a 24-hour format (hour:minute:second).

•System Security

Select this choice to set passwords. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.

You can implement two levels of password protection:

—Power-on Password

Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. See “Using passwords” on page 33 for more information.

—Administrator Password

Note: This choice is available on the Configuration/Setup Utility menu only if the optional system management adapter is installed in your server.

Select this choice to set or change an administrator password.

Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.

The administrator password provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by the user.

See“Using passwords” on page 33 for more information.

•Start Options

Select this choice to view or change the start options. Start options take effect when you start your server.

You can select keyboard operating characteristics, such as the keyboard speed. You also can specify whether the server starts with the keyboard number lock on or off, and you can enable the server to run without a diskette drive, monitor, or keyboard.

The server uses a startup sequence to determine the device from which the operating system starts. For example, you can define a startup sequence that

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