Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program, Product Data

vSet and change the startup characteristics of the server and the order of startup devices (startup-drive sequence)

vSet and change settings for advanced hardware features

vView and clear the error and event logs

vResolve configuration conflicts

Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program

To start the Configuration/Setup Utility program, complete the following steps:

1.Turn on the server.

2.When the prompt Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1. If you have set both a power-on password and an administrator password, you must type the administrator password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. If you do not type the administrator password, a limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu is available.

3.Select the settings to view or change.

Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

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

vSystem Summary

Select this choice to view configuration information, including the ID, speed, and cache size of the microprocessors, a USB device summary, 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.

This choice is on the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu.

vSystem Information

Select this choice to view information about the server. When you make 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.

This choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu only.

–Product Data

Select this choice to view the machine type and model of the server, the serial number, the system UUID, the system board identifier, the revision level or issue date of the BIOS code and diagnostics code, and the version, date, and build level of ROM code for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, if one is installed.

–System card data

Select this choice to view the identity of the system board, power supplies, DASD backplane, and power backplane.

vDevices and I/O Ports

Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output (I/O) ports. You can configure the serial ports, configure remote console redirection, enable or disable integrated Ethernet controllers, the SAS controller, IDE channels, and PCI slots, and view the system Ethernet MAC addresses. 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).