IBM xSeries 235 User Manual

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Start

Options

Select

this

choice

to

view

or

change

the

start

options.

This

choice

appears

only

on

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

main

menu.

Start

options

take

effect

when

you

start

your

server.

You

can

select

keyboard

operating

characteristics,

such

as

the

keyboard

speed.

You

also

can

specify

whether

the

keyboard

number

lock

starts

on

or

off.

You

also

can

enable

the

server

to

issue

error

messages

when

it

is

run

without

a

diskette

drive,

monitor,

or

keyboard.

The

server

uses

a

startup

sequence

to

determine

the

device

from

which

the

operating

system

is

loaded.

For

example,

you

can

define

a

startup

sequence

that

checks

for

a

startable

diskette

in

the

diskette

drive,

then

checks

the

hard

disk

drive

in

bay

0,

and

then

checks

a

network

adapter.

If

your

server

contains

Wake

on

LAN

hardware

and

software

and

your

operating

system

supports

Wake

on

LAN

functions,

you

can

also

define

a

startup

sequence

for

the

Wake

on

LAN

functions.

If

the

Boot

Fail

Count

choice

is

enabled,

you

can

restore

the

BIOS

system

defaults

after

three

consecutive

boot

failures.

If

this

choice

is

disabled,

the

BIOS

system

defaults

can

be

loaded

only

from

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

main

menu.

You

also

can

select

whether

the

integrated

SCSI

controller

with

RAID

capabilities

or

a

PCI

SCSI

adapter

is

given

boot

precedence.

Select

Planar

SCSI

to

give

the

integrated

SCSI

controller

with

RAID

capabilities

boot

precedence.

If

a

PCI

SCSI

adapter

is

to

be

given

boot

precedence,

select

the

slot

number

where

this

adapter

is

installed.

You

can

enable

a

virus-detection

test

that

checks

for

changes

in

the

master

boot

record

at

startup.

v

Advanced

Setup

Select

this

choice

to

change

values

for

advanced

hardware

features,

such

as

cache

control,

and

PCI

configuration.

This

choice

appears

only

on

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

main

menu.

A

warning

message

appears

above

the

choices

on

this

menu

to

alert

you

that

the

system

might

malfunction

if

these

options

are

configured

incorrectly.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen

carefully.

System

Partition

Visibility

Select

this

choice

to

indicate

whether

the

System

Partition

is

visible.

To

make

the

System

Partition

visible,

set

this

choice

to

Visible.

To

make

the

System

Partition

invisible,

set

this

choice

to

Hidden.

See

“Using

the

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD”

on

page

22

for

additional

information

about

the

System

Partition.

Memory

Settings

Select

this

choice

to

manually

enable

a

pair

of

memory

connectors.

If

a

memory

error

is

detected

during

POST

or

memory

configuration,

the

server

will

automatically

disable

the

failing

pair

of

memory

connectors

and

continue

operating

with

reduced

memory

capacity.

If

this

occurs,

you

must

manually

enable

the

set

of

memory

connectors

after

the

problem

is

corrected.

Select

Memory

Settings

from

the

Advanced

Setup

menu,

and

use

the

arrow

keys

to

highlight

the

pair

of

memory

connectors

that

you

want

to

enable;

then,

use

the

arrow

keys

to

select

Enable.

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IBM

xSeries

235

Type

8671:

User’s

Guide

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