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System Setup Program, System Setup Screens, Screen Conventions, Appendix

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Appendix A System Setup Program This appendix describes the System Setup program, which is used to change the system configuration information stored in NVRAM on the system board. To enter the System Setup program, press during the power-on self-tests. If you wait too long, the operating system begins to load into memory and you cannot enter the System Setup program. Let the system complete the load operation; then shut down the system and try again. NOTE: To ensure an orderly system shutdown, consult the documentation that accompanied the operating system. System Setup Screens The System Setup program is a menu-driven program. The initial screen has selection options for four menus, they are: • Main menu - Provides settings for the basic system configuration • Advanced menu - Provides detailed settings for some system features • Security menu - Provides password, diskette access, virus checking, and system-backup reminder settings • Exit menu - Provides selections for saving and loading the configurations and options In addition to the initial menu bar selections, some selections have submenus. These selections are identified by a right arrow to the left of the selection. Screen Conventions All menus and submenus have four boxed-in areas where information is presented (see Figure A-1): • Title box - Contains system reference information and menu bar selections • Configuration options and system data box - Contains configuration selec- tions and setting selections or setting information • Help box - Displays item-specific help for the item where the cursor is positioned • Key functions box - Shows which keys are active for this menu System Setup Program A-1

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System Setup Program
A-1
Appendix A
System Setup Program
T
his appendix describes the System Setup program, which is used to change
the system configuration information stored in NVRAM on the system board.
To enter the System Setup program, press <F2> during the power-on self-tests.
If you wait too long, the operating system begins to load into memory and you
cannot enter the System Setup program. Let the system complete the load operation;
then shut down the system and try again.
NOTE: To ensure an orderly system shutdown, consult the documentation that
accompanied the operating system.
S
ystem Setup Screens
The System Setup program is a menu-driven program. The initial screen has
selection options for four menus, they are:
•
Main menu — Provides settings for the basic system configuration
•
Advanced menu — Provides detailed settings for some system features
•
Security menu — Provides password, diskette access, virus checking, and
system-backup reminder settings
•
Exit menu — Provides selections for saving and loading the configurations
and options
In addition to the initial menu bar selections, some selections have submenus.
These selections are identified by a right arrow to the left of the selection.
Screen Conventions
All menus and submenus have four boxed-in areas where information is pre-
sented (see Figure A-1):
•
Title box — Contains system reference information and menu bar selections
•
Configuration options and system data box — Contains configuration selec-
tions and setting selections or setting information
•
Help box — Displays item-specific help for the item where the cursor is
positioned
•
Key functions box — Shows which keys are active for this menu