3 Configuration Software and Utilities

This chapter describes the Power-on Self Test (POST) and system configuration utilities. Table 5 briefly describes the utilities.

Table 5. Configuration Utilities

Utility

BIOS Setup (“Setup”)

System Setup Utility (SSU)

Direct Platform Control (DPC) Console

Description and brief procedure

You can use Setup to change system configuration defaults.

If the system does not have a diskette drive, or the drive is disabled or misconfigured, use Setup to enable it.

Or, you can move the CMOS switch on the system board from the default setting (Protect CMOS memory) to the Clear setting; this will allow most system configurations to boot. For the procedure to do this, see “CMOS Clear Switch” on page 183. Then run the SSU to configure the system.

Use for extended system configuration of onboard resources and add-in boards, viewing the system event log (SEL), setting boot device priority, or setting system security options.

The SSU can be run from either the configuration software CD-ROM or from a set DOS-bootable diskettes. See the printed Quick Start Guide to make a set of SSU diskettes.

Information entered via the SSU overrides information entered via Setup.

Use to access and monitor the server remotely.

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FRUSDR Load Utility

Use to update the Field Replacement Unit (FRU), Sensor Data

 

Record (SDR), and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) flash

 

components.

BIOS Update Utility

Use to update BIOS or recover from a corrupted BIOS update.

Firmware Update Utility

Use to update the BMC flash PROM.

QLogic SCSI Utility

Use to configure or view the settings of the SCSI host adapters

 

and onboard SCSI devices in the system.

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