Dell PowerEdge systems 6300, User Manual

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Num Lock 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).
When Num Lock mode is activated, the rightmost bank of keys on your keyboard pro-
vides the mathematical and numeric functions shown at the tops of the keys. When
Num Lock mode is turned off, these keys provide cursor-control functions according to
the label on the bottom of each key.
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Speaker determines whether the built-in speaker is On (the default) or Off. Rebooting
the system is required for the changes to take effect.
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Processors 1, 2, 3, and 4 display the version or stepping number of each processor
slot in the system. These options have no user-selectable settings.
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Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on
self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware
each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.
This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have
no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting
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presses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller
during POST. This option does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a
keyboard is attached to the computer.
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Boot Sequence can be set to Diskette First (the default) or to Hard Disk Only.
The term boot refers to the system’s start-up procedure. When turned on, the
system “bootstraps” itself into an operational state by loading into memory a
small program, which in turn loads the necessary operating system. Boot
Sequence
tells the system where to look for the files that it needs to load.
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Selecting Diskette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the
system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with
the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the
drive, the system tries to boot from the CD-ROM, then from the hard-disk drive
(drive 0), and finally from the Plug and Play network adapters.