vStart Options
Select this choice to view or change the start options. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. 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 keyboard number lock starts on or off. You also can enable the server to issue error messages when it is run without a diskette drive, monitor, or keyboard.
The server uses a startup sequence to determine the device from which the operating system is loaded. For example, you can define a startup sequence that checks for a startable diskette in the diskette drive, then checks the hard disk drive in bay 0, and then checks a network adapter.
If your server contains Wake on LAN hardware and software and your operating system supports Wake on LAN functions, you can also define a startup sequence for the Wake on LAN functions.
If the Boot Fail Count choice is enabled, you can restore the BIOS system defaults after three consecutive boot failures. If this choice is disabled, the BIOS system defaults can be loaded only from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
You also can select whether the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities or a PCI SCSI adapter is given boot precedence. Select Planar SCSI to give the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities boot precedence. If a PCI SCSI adapter is to be given boot precedence, select the slot number where this adapter is installed.
You can enable a
vAdvanced Setup
Select this choice to change values for advanced hardware features, such as cache control, and PCI configuration. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
A warning message appears above the choices on this menu to alert you that the system might malfunction if these options are configured incorrectly. Follow the instructions on the screen carefully.
–System Partition Visibility
Select this choice to indicate whether the System Partition is visible. To make the System Partition visible, set this choice to Visible. To make the System Partition invisible, set this choice to Hidden. See “Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD” on page 22 for additional information about the System Partition.
–Memory Settings
Select this choice to manually enable a pair of memory connectors.
If a memory error is detected during POST or memory configuration, the server will automatically disable the failing pair of memory connectors and continue operating with reduced memory capacity. If this occurs, you must manually enable the set of memory connectors after the problem is corrected. Select Memory Settings from the Advanced Setup menu, and use the arrow keys to highlight the pair of memory connectors that you want to enable; then, use the arrow keys to select Enable.
18IBM xSeries 235 Type 8671: User’s Guide
