4-6 Configuring Your Modular Server

Security

To set passwords on the BIOS level

Select [Security] – [Set Supervisor Password] and enter a password.

Set Supervisor password first, then User password.

To enable/disable the POWER/SLEEP switch feature

Select [Security] – [Power Switch Inhibit] – [Disabled] (POWER/SLEEP switch is enabled).

Select [Security] – [Power Switch Inhibit] – [Enabled] (POWER/SLEEP switch is disabled).

To set this item, the Supervisor and User passwords must have been set.

IMPORTANT: Even if [Power Switch Inhibit] is set to [Enabled], the forced shutdown (see Chapter 7) is still available.

External Devices

To set up external devices

Select [Advanced] – [Peripheral Configuration] and set up each device.

Internal Devices

To set up LAN controller of the modular server

Select [Advanced] – [PCI Configuration] – [Onboard NIC] and set up each device.

To clear the hardware configuration data (after installing/removing internal devices)

Select [Advanced] – [Reset Configuration Data] – [Yes] and reboot the system.

Saving the Configuration Data

To save the BIOS configuration data

Select [Exit] – [Exit Saving Changes] or [Save Changes].

To discard changes to the BIOS configuration data

Select [Exit] – [Exit Discarding Changes] or [Discard Changes].

To resume the default BIOS configuration data (may differ from factory-set value)

Select [Exit] – [Load Setup Defaults].

To save the current settings as user-defined configuration

Select [Exit] – [Save Custom Defaults].

To load the user-defined configuration data

Select [Exit] – [Load Custom Defaults].