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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 two 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 Smart Interrupt Routing for each slot and manually set the PCI board's IRQs installed into each of 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. 119

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Chapter 10
Configuring the HP NetServer
119
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 <F2> 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:
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 two 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 Smart Interrupt
Routing for each slot and manually set the PCI board's IRQs installed
into each of 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.