IBM 8671 - Eserver xSeries 235, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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If the Boot Fail Count choice is enabled, you can restore the BIOS system
defaults after three consecutive boot failures. If this choice is disabled, the BIOS
system defaults can be loaded only from the Configuration/Setup Utility main
menu.
You also can select whether the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities
or a PCI SCSI adapter is given boot precedence. Select Planar SCSI to give the
integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities boot precedence. If a PCI SCSI
adapter is to be given boot precedence, select the slot number where this
adapter is installed.
You can enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the master boot
record at startup.
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Advanced Setup
Select this choice to change values for advanced hardware features, such as
cache control, and PCI configuration. This choice appears only on the full
Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
A warning message appears above the choices on this menu to alert you that the
system might malfunction if these options are configured incorrectly. Follow the
instructions on the screen carefully.
– System Partition Visibility
Select this choice to indicate whether the System Partition is visible. To make
the System Partition visible, set this choice to Visible . To make the System
Partition invisible, set this choice to Hidden . See “Using the ServerGuide
Setup and Installation CD” on page 22 for additional information about the
System Partition.
– Memory Settings
Select this choice to manually enable a pair of memory connectors.
If a memory error is detected during POST or memory configuration, the
server will automatically disable the failing pair of memory connectors and
continue operating with reduced memory capacity. If this occurs, you must
manually enable the set of memory connectors after the problem is corrected.
Select Memory Settings from the Advanced Setup menu, and use the arrow
keys to highlight the pair of memory connectors that you want to enable; then,
use the arrow keys to select Enable .
– CPU Options
Select this choice to indicate whether the microprocessor serial number in the
microprocessor is readable or to set the microprocessor cache mode to
disabled, write-back, or write-through. Selecting write-back mode will provide
better system performance.
– PCI Bus Control
Select this choice to view and set interrupts for PCI devices and to configure
the master latency timer value for the server.
– Integrated System Management Processor Settings
You can view and enable or disable the Reboot on System NMI setting on
this menu. If this setting is enabled, the server will automatically restart 60
seconds after the service processor issues an Non-maskable interrupt (NMI)
to the server. If this setting is disabled, the server will not restart. The default
value is Enable .
v Error Logs
Select this choice to view or clear error logs.
– Select POST Error Log to view the three most recent error codes and
messages that the system generated during POST.
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xSeries 235 Type 8671: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide