IBM 4190 User Manual

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Devices

and

I/O

Ports

Select

this

choice

to

view

or

change

assignments

for

devices

and

input/output

(I/O)

ports,

to

configure

remote

console

redirection,

to

enable

or

disable

integrated

Ethernet

controllers

and

all

standard

ports

(such

as

serial

and

USB),

and

to

view

the

system

MAC

addresses.

If

you

disable

a

device,

it

cannot

be

configured,

and

the

operating

system

will

not

be

able

to

detect

it

(this

is

equivalent

to

disconnecting

the

device).

If

you

disable

the

integrated

Ethernet

controllers

and

no

Ethernet

adapter

is

installed,

the

server

will

have

no

Ethernet

capability.

For

a

SATA

model,

you

can

also

select

this

choice

to

view

or

change

the

interface

mode

for

a

SATA

port.

To

view

or

change

the

mode,

select

Programming

Interface

for

a

SATA

Port.

Native

mode:

Standard

PCI

resource

steering

is

used.

Combined

mode:

Native

mode

plus

legacy

mode

is

used.

In

legacy

mode,

standard

IDE

I/O

and

IRQ

resources

(IRQ

14

and

15)

are

assigned.

This

choice

is

on

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu

only.

v

Date

and

Time

Select

this

choice

to

set

the

date

and

time

in

the

server,

in

24-hour

format

(hour:minute:second).

This

choice

is

on

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu

only.

v

System

Security

Select

this

choice

to

set

passwords.

For

more

information

about

passwords,

see

“Passwords”

on

page

48.

This

choice

is

on

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu

only.

Administrator

Password

Select

this

choice

to

set

or

change

an

administrator

password.

An

administrator

password

is

intended

to

be

used

by

a

system

administrator;

it

limits

access

to

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu.

If

an

administrator

password

is

set,

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu

is

available

only

if

you

type

the

administrator

password

at

the

password

prompt.

For

more

information,

see

“Administrator

password”

on

page

49.

Power-on

Password

Select

this

choice

to

set

or

change

a

power-on

password.

For

more

information,

see

“Power-on

password”

on

page

48.

v

Startup

Options

Select

this

choice

to

view

or

change

the

startup

options,

such

as

the

startup

sequence,

the

keyboard

NumLock

state,

the

option

ROM

execution

priorities,

whether

displayless

operation

is

enabled,

whether

to

restart

on

POST/BIOS

error,

and

other

startup

considerations.

You

can

also

select

this

choice

to

enable

or

disable

hard

disk

drive

self-monitoring,

analysis,

and

reporting

technology

(SMART).

Changes

in

the

startup

options

take

effect

when

you

restart

the

server.

Select

the

option

ROM

execution-priority

choices

(Planar

PXE/DHCP

Priority

and

PCI

Device

Boot

Priority)

to

specify

the

sequence

in

which

channels

are

checked

during

startup

to

load

and

execute

the

ROMs

for

optional

devices.

This

enables

you

to

tailor

the

ROM

load-and-execution

sequence

for

maximum

efficiency.

Planar

PXE/DHCP

Priority

specifies

the

priority

of

network-related

ROMs

relative

to

local

PCI

device

ROMs;

PCI

Device

Boot

Priority

specifies

the

priority

of

ROMs

for

devices

connected

to

the

SAS/SATA

controller

on

the

system

board

and

to

adapters

in

expansion

slots

1

and

2.

The

startup

sequence

specifies

the

order

in

which

the

server

checks

devices

to

find

a

boot

record.

The

server

starts

from

the

first

boot

record

that

it

finds.

For

Chapter

3.

Configuring

the

server

45

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