System management submenu, Console redirection submenu – Gateway ALR 9200 User Manual

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94 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Gateway ALR 9200 Server

System Management Submenu

The system management submenu provides eight fields that allow you to
set system management characteristics. Table 20 lists the fields and the
options for each.

Console Redirection Submenu

The console redirection submenu provides four fields that allow you to
control the redirection of system management data to a remote console.
Table 21 lists the fields and the options for each.

Table 20: System Management Submenu

Field

Options

Description

Server
Management Mode

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled loads the Server Management Interrupt
handler, which handles system errors.

System Event
Logging

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled forces the BIOS and the BMC to log
system events.

Clear Event Log

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled clears the system event log.

Assert NMI on
AERR

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled generates a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)
on an address parity error (AERR).

Assert NMI on
BERR

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled generates an NMI on a bus error (BERR).

Assert NMI on
PERR

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled generates an NMI on a parity error (PERR).
To activate this feature, the system error (SERR)
option must be enabled.

Assert NMI on
SERR

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled generates an NMI on a SERR.

Enabled Host Bus
Error

Disabled
Enabled

Enables host single-bit errors (SBEs) and multiple-
bit errors (MBEs).

Table 21: Console Redirection Submenu

Field

Options

Description

COM Port
Address

Disabled
3F8
2F8
3E8

When enabled, console redirection uses the I/O
port specified.
When disabled, console redirection is
completely disabled.

IRQ #

None, 3, or 4

When console redirection is enabled, this field
displays the IRQ assigned based on the
address chosen in the

COM Port Address

field.

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