HP LH4r HP Netserver LC 2000 Installation Guide - Page 120
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Chapter 10 Configuring the HP NetServer Setup Utility The HP NetServer has a Setup Utility (BIOS) in read-only memory. The utility features several system configuration and housekeeping options, including security, and system console characteristics. The following sections tell how to access the Setup Utility and how to perform selected tasks. Starting the Setup Utility To reach the Setup Utility, boot or reboot the system. After the first boot messages are displayed, this prompt appears: Press to enter SETUP Press F2 while the prompt is displayed. More boot messages appear, followed by the message Entering Setup... After the embedded (Symbios) SCSI Configuration initialization and the Optional ROM scan both finish, the menu bar of the Setup Utility appears. If you do not press F2, the HP NetServer boots normally. Menu Bar The Setup Utility provides a menu bar that leads to several menus. The menu bar choices are: l Configuration - Sets the system time and date, or select from the following options: ◊ Integrated I/O Port Settings - Use this menu to enable/disable and then set the base I/O address and IRQs of the serial ports, Serial A and Management port and set the parallel port's parameters, including its mode (output only, bi-directional, or DMA channel). ◊ PCI Device Settings - Use this menu to disable the Sharing Algorithm for each slot and manually set the IRQ for each PCI board installed into the six slots. This menu also includes setting the IRQ Locking feature for the embedded SCSI channels and the embedded LAN connection. Three more IRQs can be made available by disabling the Parallel, Serial A, and Management Ports. ◊ Boot Settings - Use this menu to check the flexible disk drive, display the NetServer's configuration at boot time, skip certain tests during the boot process to speed up boot time, or change the (default) boot order, including device type, network boot, and hard drive boot order. 112