Configuring Server BIOS Setup

To use MWA, you must configure the server's BIOS with three specific settings enabled. These settings take place in Advanced Menu and the Hardware Menu of the BIOS Setup. (Refer to Chapter 3, “Configuring Your System,” for BIOS Setup information.) The following table shows the settings that must be enabled to use MWA.

Menu Parameter Name

Required Setting for

 

MWA

 

 

ADVANCED MENU

 

Advanced

 

Press Enter for menu.

 

ROMPilot Support

Enabled

Peripheral Configuration

 

Press Enter for menu.

 

LAN controller

Enabled

SYSTEM HARDWARE MENU

 

Wake On LAN

Enabled

 

 

Installing MWA on the Management PC

To Install MWA on the management PC perform the following procedure.

1.Start Windows95 / Windows 98 / or Windows NT on the management PC.

2.Insert the EXPRESSBUILDER CD into the PC CD-ROM drive.

3.Using Explorer, execute "setup.exe" in MWA folder of the CD-ROM. MWA installer will start.

4.Follow MWA installer instructions.

Note: MWA will be registered in the Startup folder after installation, and started automatically when an OS start (Log in) is initiated.

Registering SG Information on MWA

In order for MWA to connect with a server, the server system generation information (SG) must be set and registered on MWA.

In this procedure SG information is registered on MWA from the server System Generation diskette (SG) created in the section Creating a Server System Generation diskette (SG).

1.Run MWA on the management PC and select the New SG command from File menu. The Create a New Server dialog box displays.

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Intel 5800/120Ld Configuring Server Bios Setup, Installing MWA on the Management PC, Registering SG Information on MWA