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SBXL52: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
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Product Data
Select this choice to view the 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.
Select this choice to enable or disable the integrated IDE and Ethernet controllers.
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The default setting is Enable for the IDE and Ethernet controllers. If you select Disable, the
system will not configure the disabled device, and the operating system will not detect the
device. (This is equivalent to disconnecting the device.)
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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.
You can set a time to be added or subtracted from the system time that is sent to the service
processor each time the blade server is started. Use the number keys to type the hours and
minutes and + or
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to add or subtract from the system time. If you want the system clock time to
be the same as the service processor clock time, leave the value set at its default of 0.
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System Security
Select this choice to set a power-on password. See “Using passwords” on page 14 for more
information about the password.
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Start Options
Select this choice to view or change the start options. This choice appears only on the full
Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Start options take effect when you start your 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 SBCE 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 Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) option for either of the
integrated Gigabit Ethernet controllers. The default setting for this menu item is Enabled, which
enables the PXE option for the selected controller. To disable this option for a Gigabit Ethernet
controller, select Disabled.
If you enable the boot fail count, the BIOS default settings will be restored after three
consecutive failures to find a boot record.
You can enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the boot record when the blade
server starts.
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Advanced Setup
Select this choice to change settings for advanced hardware features.
