Dell PowerEdge 4300 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide - Page 93

The Advanced menu lets you lock or unlock cards in a configuration, view detailed information about the system, and maintain .sci files. To see the Advanced menu, press while in the Step 3: View or edit details menu. The following menu appears: Advanced menu Lock/unlock boards View additional system information menu Set verification mode menu Maintain SCI files menu Highlight the menu category you want, and press . Then follow the online instructions. The following subsections describe each category. When you lock an expansion card, the RCU cannot change the resources allocated to that card. Unlocking the card allows the system to change the resources automatically as new cards are added. The default for Lock/unlock boards is Unlocked. Dell recommends that you keep your cards unlocked so that the RCU can do its job properly. NOTE: If changes are made to the hardware or System Setup configuration, locks may not be maintained. The RCU ignores the Lock/unlock boards setting for the PCI host bridge and the PCI-to-PCI bridge devices. The RCU contains detailed information about the system board and the used and available resources. The options under View additional system information menu are: Board Specifications System Specifications Used Resources Available Resources Used Resources and Available Resources contain detailed information about resources such as IRQs, DMA channels, I/O ports, and memory addresses, which may be useful if you need to resolve a resource conflict. The settings for Set verification mode menu are Automatic (the default) and Manual. When the Automatic setting is selected, the RCU automatically checks for resource conflicts and tries to resolve them. Unless you are technically knowledgeable, leave the setting at Automatic. Using the Resource Configuration Utility 5-11