Configuring Your Server 4-5

Configuration Examples

The following describes examples of configuration required to use software-link features or for system operations.

Time and Date Settings

You can also change the time and date settings via the operating system commands.

Select [Main] - [System Time].

Select [Main] - [System Date].

Link with Management Software

To control power supply of the server with NEC ESMPRO Manager via the network

Select [Advanced] - [Advanced Chipset Control] - [Wake On LAN/PME] - [Enabled]. Select [Server] - [AC LINK] - [Stay Off].

Hard Disk Drive

To check the hard disk drive status

Select [Main] - [Primary IDE Master] and check the status indications.

To configure the SW RAID (on-board) with SATA hard disk drives

Select [Advanced] - [Peripheral Configuration] - [SATA Controller Mode Option] - [Enhanced]. Then select [Advanced] - [Peripheral Configuration] - [SATA RAID] - [Enabled], and configure the RAID drive.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to set to [Enabled] after executing [Load Setup Defaults] or CMOS clear. Leaving this parameter as the factory- set value (Disabled) may destroy the data in hard disk drive.

UPS

To link power supply with the UPS

„To power on the server when power is supply from the UPS Select [Server] - [AC LINK] - [Power On].

„To keep the server off-powered even when power is supplied from the UPS Select [Server] - [AC LINK] - [Stay Off].

„To keep the server off-powered even when power is supplied from the UPS if the POWER switch was used to power off

Select [Server] - [AC LINK] - [Last State].