Sun Microsystems CP3220 manual Configuring and Using Bios Firmware

4. Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware			4–1
4.1	About BIOS Settings 4–2
	4.1.1	Navigating BIOS Screens	4–2
	4.1.2	BIOS Considerations 4–2

	4.1.2.1	BIOS Option ROMs on the Sun Netra CP3220 Blade
		Server	4–2
	4.1.2.2	AMD PowerNow! Feature Enabled by Default 4–3
	4.1.3 Description of the BIOS Screens			4–3
4.2	Changing the Configuration of a BIOS Menu Item					4–4
4.3	Setting the Boot Device Using BIOS Setup Screens					4–5
4.4	Changing the BIOS Continuous Boot Setting				4–9
4.5	Setting Supervisor and User Passwords			4–9
4.6	Resetting the System Time and System Date				4–11
4.7	Updating the BIOS 4–12
4.8	Secondary BIOS Image		4–12
4.9	Use the Secondary BIOS Image 4–12
4.10	Perform a Live Firmware Upgrade 4–13

4.11Power-OnSelf-Test4–14

4.12 Changing POST Options 4–14

5.Hardware Architecture 5–1 5.1 Block Diagram 5–2

5.2 The AMD Opteron Processor 5–3

5.3Memory 5–4

5.4 Networking and I/O 5–5

5.4.1nVidia MCP55 5–5

5.4.2 PCI Express Bus 5–6

5.4.3Dual BIOS 5–6

5.4.4 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 5–6

vi Sun Netra CP3220 Blade Server User’s Guide • January 2010