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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 menu provides access to several submenus. The menu 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 Port 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 and manually set the PCI board's IRQs. This menu also includes setting the IRQ Locking feature for the embedded SCSI channels and the embedded LAN connection. ◊ 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. 117

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Chapter 10
Configuring the HP NetServer
117
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 menu provides access to several submenus. The menu 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 Port 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 and manually set the PCI board's IRQs. This menu also
includes setting the IRQ Locking feature for the embedded SCSI
channels and the embedded LAN connection.
◊
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.