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Intel Server Compute Blade SBX82 Installation and User’s Guide
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System Information
Select this choice to display information about the blade server. When you make configuration
changes through other options in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, some of those
changes are reflected in the system information; you cannot change settings directly in the
system information.
— Product Data
Select this choice to view the machine type and model of your blade server, the serial
number, and the revision level or issue date of the BIOS and diagnostics code stored in
electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM).
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Devices and I/O Ports
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output (I/O) ports.
You can also enable or disable the integrated SCSI and Ethernet controllers and all standard
ports (such as serial and parallel).
Enable
is the default setting for all controllers. If you disable
a device, it cannot be configured, and the operating system will not be able to detect it (this is
equivalent to disconnecting the device.)
— Remote Console Redirection
Select this choice to enable serial over LAN (SOL) and to set remote console
communication parameters.
— Video
Select this choice to view information about the integrated video controller.
— System MAC Addresses
Select this choice to set and view the MAC addresses for the Ethernet controllers on the
blade server.
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Date and Time
Select this choice to set the system date and time, in 24-hour format (
hour:minute:second
). This
choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu only.
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System Security
Select this choice to set a power-on password. See “Using passwords” on page 52 for more
information about the password.
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Start Options
Select this choice to view or change the start options. Changes in the start options take effect
when you start the blade server.
— Start Sequence Options
Select this choice to view the startup device sequence that is set for the blade server.
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NOTE
To set the startup sequence, which is the order in which the blade server checks devices to
find a boot record, you must use the management-module Web interface.
You can set keyboard operating characteristics, such as whether the blade server starts with the
keyboard number lock on or off. You can enable the blade server to run without a diskette drive
or keyboard.
You can enable or disable the PXE option for either of the integrated Gigabit Ethernet
controllers. The default setting for this menu item is
Planar Ethernet 1
, which enables the PXE
option for the first Ethernet controller on the system board.
