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Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program, Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

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Table 3. (continued) Server configuration ServeRAID-8s adapter installed RAID array configuration RAID array management (before operating system is (after operating system is installed) installed) ServeRAID Manager Hardware Boot CD, BIOS Utility (CTRL+A), ServerGuide ServeRAID Manager, ARCCONF (CLI) Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program This section provides instructions for starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program and descriptions of the menu choices that are available. Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program To start the Configuration/Setup Utility program, complete the following steps: 1. Turn on the server. If the server is already on when you start this procedure, you must shut down the operating system, turn off the server, wait a few seconds until all in-use LEDs are turned off, and restart the server. 2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup, Press F12 for Boot Menu is displayed, press F1. (This prompt is displayed on the screen for only a few seconds. You must press F1 quickly.) If you have set both a power-on password and an administrator password, you must type the administrator password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. If you do not type the administrator password a limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu is available. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices The following choices are on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Depending on the version of the BIOS code, some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions. Note: When you use the server for the first time, you might want to use the Configuration/Setup Utility menu choice Load Default Settings to reset the Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices to the factory default settings, in case they were changed before you received the server. Otherwise, some choices might not be displayed in the menu. v System Summary Select this choice to view configuration information, including the amount of installed memory. When you make configuration changes through other choices in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, the changes are reflected in the system summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary. This choice is on the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu. - Processor Summary Select this choice to view the processor information, including the type, speed, and cache size of the microprocessor. v System Information 54 System x3200 Types 4362 and 4363: User's Guide

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Table 3. (continued)
Server configuration
RAID array configuration
(before operating system is
installed)
RAID array management
(after operating system is
installed)
ServeRAID-8s adapter
installed
ServeRAID Manager
Hardware Boot CD, BIOS
Utility (CTRL+A),
ServerGuide
ServeRAID Manager,
ARCCONF (CLI)
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
This section provides instructions for starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program
and descriptions of the menu choices that are available.
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program
To start the Configuration/Setup Utility program, complete the following steps:
1.
Turn on the server. If the server is already on when you start this procedure,
you must shut down the operating system, turn off the server, wait a few
seconds until all in-use LEDs are turned off, and restart the server.
2.
When the message
Press F1 for Configuration/Setup, Press F12 for Boot
Menu
is displayed, press F1. (This prompt is displayed on the screen for only a
few seconds. You must press F1 quickly.) If you have set both a power-on
password and an administrator password, you must type the administrator
password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. If you do not type
the administrator password a limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu is
available.
3.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices
The following choices are on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Depending
on the version of the BIOS code, some menu choices might differ slightly from
these descriptions.
Note:
When you use the server for the first time, you might want to use the
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choice
Load Default Settings
to reset the
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices to the factory default settings, in case they
were changed before you received the server. Otherwise, some choices might not
be displayed in the menu.
v
System Summary
Select this choice to view configuration information, including the amount of
installed memory. When you make configuration changes through other choices
in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, the changes are reflected in the
system summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.
This choice is on the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
–
Processor Summary
Select this choice to view the processor information, including the type, speed,
and cache size of the microprocessor.
v
System Information
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