3

System board switches

There are four switches on the system board of your server.

Figure 40. System board switches

 

 

BIOS recovery switch

 

 

Management Engine (ME) in force update switch

 

1

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear password switch

 

 

Reserved for the manufacturer

 

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

BIOS recovery switch

Used to recover the BIOS if the power to your server is interrupted while the BIOS is being updated and your server cannot start correctly.

To recover the BIOS, see “Recovering from a BIOS update failure” on page 66.

2

Clear password switch

Used to erase forgotten passwords, such as the BIOS passwords.

To clear passwords, do the following:

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