Sun Microsystems CP3220 manual Configuring and Using Bios Firmware

C H A P T E R 4

Configuring and Using BIOS

Firmware

This chapter describes how to use the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) to configure the blade server.

This chapter contains the following topics:

■Section 4.1, “About BIOS Settings” on page 4-2

■Section 4.2, “Changing the Configuration of a BIOS Menu Item” on page 4-4

■Section 4.3, “Setting the Boot Device Using BIOS Setup Screens” on page 4-5

■Section 4.5, “Setting Supervisor and User Passwords” on page 4-9

■Section 4.6, “Resetting the System Time and System Date” on page 4-11

■Section 4.7, “Updating the BIOS” on page 4-12

■Section 4.8, “Secondary BIOS Image” on page 4-12

■Section 4.9, “Use the Secondary BIOS Image” on page 4-12

■Section 4.10, “Perform a Live Firmware Upgrade” on page 4-13

■Section 4.11, “Power-On Self-Test” on page 4-14

■Section 4.12, “Changing POST Options” on page 4-14

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