IBM 865511Y Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 39

Advanced Setup, If you select Advanced Setup

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Diskette Drive Access field. If Diskette Write Protect is enabled, diskette drives attached to the system board or riser card will operate in a read-only mode. Power-On Password Use this option to set, change, or delete a power-on password. You can also set Password Prompt to On, Off, or Dual. For additional information about the power-on password, see "Understanding the power-on password" on page 37. Administrator Password Use this option to set, change, or delete an administrator password. You can also set Power-on password changeable by user to No or Yes. For additional information about the administrator password, see "Understanding the administrator password" on page 40. Note See important information about the administrator password in "Understanding the administrator password" on page 40. Adapter ROM Security If this option is set to Yes, the keyboard will be locked during adapter ROM initialization. This can be used in conjunction with an administrator password to prevent the use of adapter ROM-based utility programs. Advanced Setup: If you select Advanced Setup from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu, you can view and, in some cases, change settings for advanced hardware features, including ROM shadowing, PCI control, and Plug and Play Control. These settings must be configured correctly; otherwise, your server might malfunction. Cache Control, Cache State, L2 Cache Size. The Cache Control menu shows how much cache memory is installed and lets you enable or disable its use. Cache memory is special buffer storage that holds frequently used instructions and data, and works faster than main memory. With cache memory enabled, most of your programs will run faster. If you run programs that require slower speeds, you can disable cache memory to slow down your server. ROM Shadowing The ROM Shadowing menu shows which system devices are using read-only memory (ROM) shadowing. With ROM shadowing, your server stores data from the specified device in random access memory Netfinity 8655 - Type 8655 31

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Diskette Drive Access field.
If Diskette Write
Protect is enabled, diskette drives attached
to the system board or riser card will operate
in a read-only mode.
Power-On Password
Use this option to
set, change
, or
delete
a power-on password.
You can also
set
Password Prompt
to On, Off, or Dual.
For additional information about the
power-on password, see “Understanding the
power-on password” on page
37.
Administrator Password
Use this option to
set, change
,
or
delete
an administrator password.
You
can also set
Power-on password
changeable by user
to No or Yes.
For
additional information about the administrator
password, see “Understanding the
administrator password” on page
40.
Note
See important information about the
administrator password in
“Understanding the administrator
password” on page
40.
Adapter ROM Security
If this option is set to Yes, the
keyboard will be locked during adapter ROM
initialization.
This can be used in
conjunction with an administrator password
to prevent the use of adapter ROM-based
utility programs.
Advanced Setup:
If you select Advanced Setup
from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu, you can
view
and, in some cases,
change
settings for advanced
hardware features, including ROM shadowing, PCI control,
and Plug and Play Control.
These settings must be
configured correctly; otherwise, your server might
malfunction.
Cache Control, Cache State, L2 Cache Size.
The Cache
Control menu shows how much cache
memory is installed and lets you enable or
disable its use.
Cache memory is special
buffer storage that holds frequently used
instructions and data, and works faster than
main memory.
With cache memory enabled,
most of your programs will run faster.
If you
run programs that require slower speeds,
you can disable cache memory to slow down
your server.
ROM Shadowing
The ROM Shadowing menu shows
which system devices are using read-only
memory (ROM) shadowing.
With ROM
shadowing, your server stores data from the
specified device in random access memory
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