Document Outline

• HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Overview
  • Running RBSU
  • Using this guide
• 2 RBSU menu-driven interface, version 3.xx or later (G6, G7, and Gen8 servers)
  • RBSU main menu
  • System Options menu
    • Serial Port options
      • Embedded Serial Port
      • Virtual Serial Port
      • Embedded Serial Port Connector
    • Embedded NICs
    • NIC Personality Options
    • Advanced Memory Protection
    • USB Options
      • USB Control
      • USB 2.0 Controller
      • USB Boot Support
      • Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence
      • USB Drive Key Enumeration
    • Processor Options
      • No-Execute Memory Protection
      • No-Execute Page Protection
      • Intel Virtualization Technology
      • AMD V (AMD Virtualization)
      • Intel Hyperthreading Options
      • Enhanced Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select)
      • Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select) (G7 and Gen8 servers)
      • Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select)
      • Intel Turbo Boost Technology
      • Intel Turbo Boost Technology (Gen8 servers)
      • Intel Turbo Boost Technology (G7 servers)
      • AMD Core Performance Boost
      • Intel VT-d
      • AMD-Vi (IOMMU)
    • Remote Console Mode
    • NUMLOCK Power-On State
    • SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers)
      • Embedded SATA Configuration
      • Drive Write Cache
      • HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration
  • Power Management Options menu
    • HP Power Profile
    • HP Power Regulator
    • Redundant Power Supply Mode
    • Advanced Power Management Options
      • Intel QPI Link Power Management
      • Intel QPI Link Frequency
      • QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID)
      • Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State
      • Minimum Processor Idle Power Core C6 State
      • Minimum Processor Idle Power C1e State
      • Minimum Processor Idle Power Package State
      • Minimum Processor Idle Power State
      • Energy/Performance Bias
      • Maximum Memory Bus Frequency
      • Channel Interleaving
      • Memory Interleaving
      • PCI Express Generation 2.0 Support
      • PCIe Gen 3 Control (for select devices)
      • Maximum PCI Express Speed
      • Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response
      • Collaborative Power Control
      • Power Capping Support
      • ACPI SLIT Preferences
      • DIMM Idle Power Saving Mode
      • DIMM Voltage Preference
      • Memory Power Savings Mode
      • HyperTransport Frequency
      • Dynamic Power Capping Functionality
  • PCI IRQ Settings menu
  • PCI Device Enable/Disable menu
  • Standard Boot Order (IPL) menu
  • Boot Controller Order menu
  • Date and Time menu
  • Server Availability menu
    • ASR Status
    • ASR Timeout
    • Thermal Shutdown
    • Wake-On LAN
    • POST F1 Prompt
    • Power Button
    • Automatic Power-On (G7 servers)
    • Automatic Power-On (Gen8 servers)
    • Power-On Delay
  • Server Security menu
    • Set Power-On Password
    • Set Admin Password
    • Network Server Mode
    • Intelligent Provisioning (F10 Prompt)
    • Trusted Platform Module
      • TPM Functionality
      • TPM Visibility
      • TPM Expansion ROM Measuring
      • TPM Clear
  • BIOS Serial Console & EMS menu
    • BIOS Serial Console Port
    • BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate
    • EMS Console
    • BIOS Interface Mode
  • Server Asset Text menu
    • Server Info Text
    • Administrator Info Text
    • Service Contact Text
    • Custom POST Message
  • Advanced Options menu
    • Advanced System ROM Options
      • Option ROM Loading Sequence
      • MPS Table Mode
      • ROM Selection
      • NMI Debug Button
      • Virtual Install Disk
      • PCI Bus Padding Options
      • Memory Mapped I/O Options
      • Address Mode 44-bit
      • Power-On Logo
      • F11 Boot Menu Prompt
      • Consistent Device Naming
      • Network Boot Retry Support
      • Hide Option ROM Messages
      • PCIe Slot6 Training Speed
      • Reset on Boot Device Not Found
      • HP Option ROM Prompting
    • Video Options
    • Power Supply Requirements Override
    • Thermal Configuration
    • Service Options
      • Serial Number
      • Product ID
    • Advanced Performance Tuning Options
      • HW Prefetcher
      • Adjacent Sector Prefetch
      • DCU Prefetcher
      • DCU Streamer Prefetcher
      • DCU IP Prefetcher
      • Data Reuse
      • Hardware Prefetch training on Software Prefetch
      • DRAM Prefetch on CPU Request
      • DRAM Prefetch on I/O Request
      • CPU Core Hardware Prefetcher
      • CPU Cache Stride Prefetcher
      • Stack Engine Prediction
      • Node Interleaving
      • 1333 MHz Support for 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory
      • Data Direct I/O
      • Memory Channel Mode
      • Memory Speed with 2 DIMMs per Channel
      • Hemisphere Mode
      • HPC Optimization Mode
      • ACPI SLIT Preferences
      • Intel Performance Counter Monitor (PCM)
    • One Terabyte Memory Limit
    • Drive Write Cache
    • Asset Tag Protection
    • SR-IOV
    • Embedded SATA RAID
  • System Default Options menu
    • Restore Default System Settings
    • Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk
    • User Default Options
  • Utility Language menu (G5 through G7 servers)
  • Utility Language menu (Gen8 servers)
• 3 RBSU menu-driven interface, version 2.xx (G5 and earlier servers)
  • RBSU main menu
  • System Options menu
    • Embedded Serial Port A
    • Embedded Serial Port B
    • Virtual Serial Port
    • Optional LPT Mode Support
    • Integrated Diskette Controller
    • NUMLOCK Power-On State
    • Embedded NICs
    • Diskette Write Control
    • Diskette Boot Control
    • Advanced Memory Protection
    • USB Control
    • USB 2.0 EHCI Controller
    • Power Regulator for ProLiant
    • USB External Port Capability
    • Ultra Low Power State
  • PCI Devices menu
  • Standard Boot Order (IPL) menu
  • Boot Controller Order menu
  • Date and Time menu
  • Server Availability menu
    • ASR Status
    • ASR Timeout
    • Thermal Shutdown
    • Wake-On LAN
    • POST Speed Up
    • POST F1 Prompt
    • Power Button
    • Automatic Power-On
    • Power-On Delay
  • Server Passwords menu
    • Set Power-On Password
    • Set Admin Password
    • Trusted Platform Module
      • TPM Functionality
      • TPM Visibility
      • TPM Expansion ROM Measuring
      • TPM Clear
    • Network Server Mode
    • QuickLock
  • BIOS Serial Console and EMS menu
    • BIOS Serial Console Port
    • BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate
    • EMS Console
    • BIOS Interface Mode
  • Server Asset Text menu
    • Set Server Info Text
    • Set Administrator Info Text
    • Set Service Contact Text
    • Custom POST Message
  • Advanced Options menu
    • Multi-Processor Specification (MPS) Table Mode
    • ROM Selection
    • Restore Default System Settings
    • Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk
    • User Default Options
    • NMI Debug Button
    • Virtual Install Disk
    • Secondary IDE Channel Support
    • BIOS Enhanced RAID
    • Node Interleaving
    • Serial Number
    • Product ID
    • Drive Write Cache
    • SATA Software RAID
    • Optional PCI-X Riser Fan Monitoring
    • Processor Options
      • Processor Hyper-Threading
      • HW Prefetcher
      • Adjacent Sector Prefetch
      • No-Execute Memory Protection
      • Intel Virtualization Technology
      • Expansion Card Caching Optimization
    • Power Supply Requirements Override
    • Embedded VGA Control
  • Utility Language menu
• 4 RBSU BIOS Serial Console (CLI)
  • BIOS Serial Console/CLI overview
  • BIOS Serial Console setup
  • Terminal emulation options
    • Microsoft HyperTerminal setup
  • Keystroke emulation
    • Escape sequences
      • Character translations in VT100 mode
  • Inspect CLI Commands
  • RBSU CLI Commands
  • System Maintenance CLI Commands
  • Command Buffering Support
  • Additional CLI support
• 5 RBSU configuration flows (manual and scripted)
  • RBSU configuration flow overview
  • Manual configuration flow
  • Scripted configuration flow
    • Configuration Replication Utility (CONREP)
      • CONREP -s (Store to Data file)
      • CONREP –l (Load from Data File)
    • HP ROM Configuration Utility (HPRCU)
      • Using HPRCU
      • HPRCU command-line syntax
      • HPRCU command line arguments
      • HPRCU return codes
    • Array Configuration Replication Utility
• 6 ROM-based utilities
  • Embedded server setup
    • Setup Utility
      • RBSU Erase option
      • Virtual Install Disk option
    • Inspect Utility
    • Diagnostics Utility
      • Memory Test
      • CPU Test
      • Boot Disk Test
  • Auto-Configuration Process
  • Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings and corresponding RBSU settings
  • Boot options
  • Operating System Installation
• 7 Support and other resources
  • Information to collect before contacting HP
  • How to contact HP
  • Subscription service
  • Related information
  • Typographic conventions
  • HP Insight Remote Support software
  • HP Insight Online
• 8 Documentation feedback
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Index