94 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Gateway ALR 9200 Server
System Management Submenu
The system management submenu provides eight fields that allow you to
set system management characteristics. Table 20 lists the fields and the
options for each.
Console Redirection Submenu
The console redirection submenu provides four fields that allow you to
control the redirection of system management data to a remote console.
Table 21 lists the fields and the options for each.
Table 20: System Management Submenu
Field
Options
Description
Server
Management Mode
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
loads the Server Management Interrupt
handler, which handles system errors.
System Event
Logging
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
forces the BIOS and the BMC to log
system events.
Clear Event Log
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
clears the system event log.
Assert NMI on
AERR
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
generates a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)
on an address parity error (AERR).
Assert NMI on
BERR
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
generates an NMI on a bus error (BERR).
Assert NMI on
PERR
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
generates an NMI on a parity error (PERR).
To activate this feature, the system error (SERR)
option must be enabled.
Assert NMI on
SERR
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
generates an NMI on a SERR.
Enabled Host Bus
Error
Disabled
Enabled
Enables host single-bit errors (SBEs) and multiple-
bit errors (MBEs).
Table 21: Console Redirection Submenu
Field
Options
Description
COM Port
Address
Disabled
3F8
2F8
3E8
When enabled, console redirection uses the I/O
port specified.
When disabled, console redirection is
completely disabled.
IRQ #
None, 3, or 4
When console redirection is enabled, this field
displays the IRQ assigned based on the
address chosen in the
COM Port Address
field.
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