IBM 206 User Manual

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Product

Data

Select

this

choice

to

view

the

machine

type

and

model

of

your

server,

the

serial

number,

and

the

revision

level

or

issue

date

of

the

BIOS

code

stored

in

electrically

erasable

programmable

ROM

(EEPROM).

v

Devices

and

I/O

Ports

Select

this

choice

to

view

or

change

assignments

for

devices

and

input/output

(I/O)

ports.

Select

this

choice

to

enable

or

disable

integrated

SCSI

and

Ethernet

controllers

and

all

standard

ports

(such

as

serial

and

parallel).

Enable

is

the

default

setting

for

all

controllers.

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

SCSI

controller

and

no

SCSI

adapter

is

installed,

the

server

will

have

no

SCSI

capability.

If

you

disable

the

integrated

Ethernet

controller

and

no

Ethernet

adapter

is

installed,

the

server

will

have

no

Ethernet

capability.

If

you

disable

the

integrated

USB

controller,

the

server

will

have

no

USB

capability;

to

maintain

USB

capability,

make

sure

that

Enabled

is

selected

for

the

USB

Host

Controller

and

USB

BIOS

Legacy

Support

options.

This

choice

is

on

the

full

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu

only.

v

Start

Options

Select

this

choice

to

view

or

change

the

start

options.

Changes

in

the

start

options

take

effect

when

you

restart

the

server.

You

can

set

keyboard

operating

characteristics,

such

as

the

keyboard

speed,

and

you

can

specify

whether

the

server

starts

with

the

keyboard

number

lock

on

or

off.

You

can

enable

the

server

to

run

without

a

diskette

drive,

monitor,

or

keyboard.

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.

If

your

server

has

Wake

on

LAN

hardware

and

software

and

the

operating

system

supports

Wake

on

LAN

functions,

you

can

specify

a

startup

sequence

for

the

Wake

on

LAN

functions.

You

can

also

specify

whether

the

integrated

SCSI

controller

or

a

PCI

SCSI

adapter

has

boot

precedence.

If

you

enable

the

boot

fail

count,

the

BIOS

default

settings

will

be

restored

after

three

consecutive

failures

to

find

a

boot

record.

You

can

enable

a

virus-detection

test

that

checks

for

changes

in

the

boot

record

when

the

server

starts.

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).

v

System

Security

Select

this

choice

to

set

password

settings.

See

“Passwords”

on

page

19

for

more

information

about

passwords.

You

can

also

enable

the

chassis-intrusion

detector

to

alert

you

each

time

the

server

cover

is

removed.

User

Password

Select

this

choice

to

set

or

change

a

user

password.

See

“User

password”

on

page

19

for

more

information.

Supervisor

Password

This

choice

is

on

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

menu

only

if

an

optional

IBM

Remote

Supervisor

Adapter

II

is

installed.

Select

this

choice

to

set

or

change

a

supervisor

password.

A

supervisor

password

is

intended

to

be

used

by

a

system

administrator;

it

limits

access

to

Chapter

2.

Configuring

your

server

17

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