Dell PowerEdge 500SC - Manual (Page 20)

System Setup Options
The following subsections outline the options on the System Setup screens.
Main Screen
When the System Setup program runs, the main program screen appears (see Figure 3 -1 ).
Figure 3-1. Main System Setup Screen
The following options or information fields appear on the main System Setup screen:
l System Time — resets the time on the system's internal clock.
l System Date — resets the date on the system's internal calendar.
l Diskette Drive A: — identifies the type of diskette drive installed in your system.
l System Memory — displays the amount of system memory; this option has no user-selectable settings.
l Video Memory — displays the amount of video memory; this option has no user-selectable settings.
l CPU Information — displays information related to the system bus and microprocessors; this screen has no user-selectable settings.
l Primary Drive 0 — identifies the type of disk attached as the primary drive on IDE channel 0.
l Primary Drive 1— identifies the type of disk attached as the primary drive on IDE channel 1.
l Secondary Drive 0— identifies the type of disk attached as the secondary drive on IDE channel 0.
l Secondary Drive 1 — identifies the type of disk attached as the secondary drive on IDE channel 1.
l Boot Sequence — displays the Boot Sequence screen, discussed later in this chapter.
l Hard-Disk Drive Sequence — displays the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence screen, discussed later in this section.
l Integrated Devices — displays the Integrated Devices screen, discussed later in this section.
l PCI IRQ Assignment — displays a screen that allows you to change the IRQ allocated to each of the three integrated devices on the PCI bus, as well as
any installed expansion cards that require an IRQ.
l System Security — displays a screen which allows you to configure the system password and setup password features; see " Using the System
Password Feature " and " Using the Setup Password Feature ."
l Keyboard Numlock — determines whether your system boots with the Num Lock mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (it does not apply to
84-key keyboards).
l Report Keyboard Error — enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST.
This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting
Do Not Report suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller during POST. This setting does not affect the
operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached.
l Asset Tag — displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system if an asset tag number has been assigned; to enter an asset tag
number of up to ten characters into NVRAM, follow the procedure in "
Asset Tag Utility " in " Using the Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant CD ."
For most of the options, any changes you make are recorded but do not take effect until the next time you boot the system. For a few
options (as noted in the help area), the changes take effect immediately.