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3-2 Configuring Your System
Configuring Your System
This chapter describes the system configuration utilities. Table 3-1 briefly
describes the utilities.
Table 3-1. Configuration Utilities
Utility Description and brief procedure Page
BIOS Setup (“Setup”) You can use Setup to change system configuration defaults.
If the system does not have a diskette drive, or the drive is disabled
or misconfigured, use Setup to enable it.
Or, you can move the CMOS switch on the I/O carrier board from
the default setting (Protect CMOS memory) to the Clear setting;
this will allow most system configurations to boot. For the
procedure to do this, see “Clearing CMOS” on page 3-46. Then
run the SSU to configure the system.
3-3
System Setup Utility (SSU) Use for extended system configuration of onboard resources and
add-in boards, viewing the system event log (SEL), setting boot
device priority, or setting system security options.
The SSU can be run from either the configuration software
CD-ROM or from a set DOS-bootable diskettes.
Information entered via the SSU overrides information entered via
Setup.
3-18
FRUSDR Load Utility Use to update the Field Replacement Unit (FRU), Sensor Data
Record (SDR), and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) flash
components. 3-32
BIOS Update Utility Use to update BIOS or recover from a corrupted BIOS update. 3-37
Firmware Update Utility Use to update the BMC flash PROM. 3-40
Symbios SCSI Utility Use to configure or view the settings of the SCSI host adapters and
onboard SCSI devices in the system. 3-41
If your system has been factory configured, the SSU, BIOS Setup or Symbios
Configuration Utility do not need to be run unless you want to change the
password or security features, add certain types of option boards or devices, or
upgrade your system board.
This chapter also provides information on several system configuration
parameters that are set by switches on the I/O carrier board. However, these
parameters do not usually require change.
Use the E
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B
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CD-ROM to create the device driver diskettes.