NEC N8405-019, User Manual

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Rebooting the CPU blade after pressing the [Apply] button on Boot Control menu fails to
reflect the configuration to the CPU blade:
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Does BIOS of CPU blade or firmware of option card support this feature?
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You may need to update the firmware to use this feature.
Refer to the NEC corporate site to get the detailed information for your CPU
blade.
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Did you change, add, and/or remove option card?
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If you changed, added, and/or removed option card, you must apply [default], and
perform the following steps before applying any boot configurations.
Otherwise, updating boot parameters and/or vIO information by BIOS may fail.
In such a case, perform [Restore Configuration], then perform the following steps
on BIOS SETUP menu.
1. Select [Load Setup Defaults] in Exit menu.
2. Select [Reset Configuration Data] in Advanced menu, and specify [Yes].
3. Press the F10 key to perform [Save and Exit].
Then, apply desired boot configuration again.
Unable to shutdown the OS by UPS Management feature or Power Linkage with NAS Blade
feature:
 To shutdown the CPU blade automatically, your OS must be able to shutdown with
the Power button.
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Take the following steps to allow your OS to shutdown with the Power button.
Windows Server 2003
Open the Control Panel and open the [Power Options].
Open the [Advanced] tab. From the pull-down menu of [When I press the power
button on my computer] in [Power button], select [Shutdown], and click "OK".
* Validated on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Enterprise (SP1 64-bit).
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008
Open the Control Panel and select [Power Options] - [Choose what the power
button does].
From the pull-down menu of [When I press the power button], select [Shut down],
then click [Save changes].