NEC ExpressA1160 - Manual (Page 42)

BIOS Interface
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• Change the boot order for this boot or permanently. Refer to 5.6 Viewing and
Temporarily Changing BIOS Boot Order and 5.7 Updating BIOS Boot Order
• Change operational settings for the partition, such as
- Memory usage (stacked or interleaved)
- Assignment of processor sockets
- I/O settings, descriptions, and the skip list
- Power settings
Refer to 5.8 Configuring BIOS Settings and 5.9 Configuring Settings for Partition
Options
2.7.2. Accessing BIOS Interface
To access the BIOS interface
1. Navigate to the summary page of the partition remote console interface.
2. If you are accessing the remote console interface from a remote workstation, click
KVMS Redirection in the left column and start a remote session to the partition.
Refer to
9.1 Accessing the Desktop of a Partition Remotely using remote console
interface for more information.
3. Return to the summary page and power on the partition (or click a button that cycles
power to the partition).
When the boot process reaches the BIOS Starting state, a logo screen appears for
a few seconds, with an instruction at the bottom to press the spacebar to enter the
BIOS interface.
Note: A logo screen might appear twice. The instruction occurs the second time.
4. Press the spacebar while the logo screen is displayed.
The boot process is interrupted and the BIOS front page appears, as shown in
Figure 5-1 .