IBM xSeries 380, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Hardware Maintenance Manual: xSeries 380
Primary screens
The BIOS Setup Utility uses these five primary screens:
Main Displays the BIOS version, processor type, and lets you configure the
system time and date. For details on this screen, see Table 5.
Advanced Lets you configure boot settings, configure peripheral devices, select
the IDE controller and hard disk drive, select the type of floppy drive,
and configure the chipset settings. For details on this screen, see
Table 6 on page 93.
Security Lets you establish supervisor and user passwords. For details on this
screen, see Table 7 on page 95.
System Management
Lets you configure Console Redirection and Service Boot options.
For details on this screen, see Table 8 on page 96.
Exit Exits the utility with and without saving utilities as well as allows
management of custom settings. For details on this screen, see Table
9 on page 96.
Main
Table 5 describes the menu items available on the Main screen. Default values appear
in brackets.
Advanced
Table 6 on page 93 describes the menu items available on the Advanced screen. Five
menu items exist on this screen. Each of these items contains sub-menus that in turn
can also lead to subsequent sub-menus. Default values appear in brackets.
Table 5. BIOS Setup Main Screen Menu Items.
Menu Item Default Value Description
BIOS Version [bios_version_number] The currently loaded version of BIOS. You
cannot change this value. It appears for
informational purposes only.
Processor Type [Intel Itanium processor] The processor type. You cannot change this
value. It appears for informational purposes
only.
Processor Retest [Disabled]
Enabled If "Enabled", BIOS will activate and retest all
processors on the next system boot. This
option will be automatically reset to
"Disabled" on the next system boot.
Language [English (US)]
Francais (FR)
Deutsch (GR)
Italiano (IT)
Espanol (SP) The default language used by the BIOS.
System Time [hh:mm:ss] The time in hour:minute:second format.
System Date [day mm/dd/yyyy] The day and date in month/day/year
format.