IBM xSeries 235 User Manual
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System
Information
Select
this
choice
to
display
information
about
your
server.
Changes
that
you
make
on
other
menus
might
appear
on
this
summary
screen.
You
cannot
edit
any
fields.
The
System
Information
choice
appears
only
on
the
full
Configuration/Setup
Utility
main
menu.
–
Product
Data
Select
this
choice
to
view
system
information,
such
as
the
machine
type
and
model,
the
server
serial
number,
and
the
revision
level
or
issue
date
of
the
BIOS
and
diagnostics
code
stored
in
the
electrically
erasable
programmable
ROM
(EEPROM).
v
Devices
and
I/O
Ports
Select
this
choice
to
view
or
change
the
assignments
for
devices
and
input/output
(I/O)
ports.
This
choice
appears
only
on
the
full
Configuration/Setup
Utility
main
menu.
You
can
use
this
choice
also
to
enable
or
disable
the
integrated
SCSI
controller
with
RAID
capabilities
and
Ethernet
controllers,
and
standard
ports
(serial,
parallel,
and
so
on).
–
The
default
setting
is
Enabled
for
all
the
controllers
you
can
control
from
this
menu.
If
you
select
Disabled,
the
system
will
not
configure
the
disabled
device
and
the
operating
system
will
not
detect
the
device.
(This
is
equivalent
to
unplugging
the
device.)
–
If
the
integrated
SCSI
controller
with
RAID
capabilities
is
disabled
and
no
SCSI
adapter
is
installed,
the
server
will
have
no
SCSI
capability.
–
If
the
on-board
Ethernet
controller
is
disabled
and
no
Ethernet
adapter
is
installed,
the
server
will
have
no
Ethernet
capability.
v
Date
and
Time
Select
this
choice
to
set
the
system
date
and
time.
This
choice
appears
only
on
the
full
Configuration/Setup
Utility
main
menu.
The
system
time
is
in
a
24-hour
format
(hour:minute:second).
v
System
Security
Select
this
choice
to
set
passwords
or
the
Remote
Control
Security
settings.
This
choice
appears
only
on
the
full
Configuration/Setup
Utility
main
menu.
You
can
implement
two
levels
of
password
protection:
–
Power-on
Password
Select
this
choice
to
set
or
change
a
power-on
password.
See
for
more
information.
–
Administrator
Password
Attention:
If
an
administrator
password
is
set
and
then
forgotten,
it
cannot
be
overridden
or
removed.
You
must
replace
the
system
board.
Note:
This
choice
is
available
on
the
Configuration/Setup
Utility
menu
only
if
the
optional
IBM
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
is
installed
in
your
server.
Select
this
choice
to
set
or
change
an
administrator
password.
The
administrator
password
provides
access
to
all
choices
on
the
Configuration/Setup
Utility
main
menu.
You
can
set,
change,
or
delete
both
the
administrator
and
power-on
passwords
and
allow
a
power-on
password
to
be
changed
by
the
user.
See
for
more
information.
Chapter
2.
Configuring
your
server
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