IBM 8676M1X User Manual - Page 29

Additional Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices, Integrated System Management Processor Settings

Get IBM 8676M1X PDF manuals and user guides View all IBM 8676M1X manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 29 highlights

- CPU Options Select this choice to set the microprocessor cache mode to disabled, write-back, or write-through. Selecting write-back mode will provide better system performance. - PCI Bus Control Select this choice to view and set interrupts for PCI devices and to configure the master latency timer value for the server. - Integrated System Management Processor Settings You can view and enable or disable the Reboot on System NMI setting on this menu. If this setting is enabled, the server will automatically restart 60 seconds after the service processor issues a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) to the server. If this setting is disabled, the server will not restart. The default value is Enable. v Error Logs Select this choice to view or clear error logs. - Select POST Error Log to view the three most recent error codes and messages that the system generated during POST. Select Clear event/error logs from the POST Error Log menu to clear the POST Error Log. - Select System Event/Error Log to view the System Event/Error Log. The System Event/Error Log contains all the system error and warning messages that the system has generated. You can use the arrow keys to move between pages in the System Event/Error Log. If an optional Remote Supervisor Adapter is installed, the full text of the error messages will be displayed; otherwise, the log will only contain numeric error codes. Run the diagnostic program on your server to get more information on any error codes that might occur. See the Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD for instructions. Select Clear event/error logs from the System Event/Error Log menu to clear the System Event/Error Log. v Save Settings Select this choice to save your customized settings. v Restore Settings Select this choice to delete your changes. v Load Default Settings Select this choice to cancel your changes. v Exit Setup Select this choice to exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If you have made any changes and not saved them, the program will prompt you to save the changes or exit without saving the changes. Additional Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices When you install an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter in your server, you can view additional menu choices in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, such as: v System Card Data Select this choice to display information about your server. v PCI Slot/Device Information Select this choice to view the properties of adapters installed in PCI slots. v Administrator Password Select this choice to set or change the administrator password. Chapter 2. Configuring the server 17

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
–
CPU Options
Select this choice to set the microprocessor cache mode to disabled,
write-back, or write-through. Selecting write-back mode will provide better
system performance.
–
PCI Bus Control
Select this choice to view and set interrupts for PCI devices and to configure
the master latency timer value for the server.
–
Integrated System Management Processor Settings
You can view and enable or disable the
Reboot on System NMI
setting on
this menu. If this setting is enabled, the server will automatically restart 60
seconds after the service processor issues a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) to
the server. If this setting is disabled, the server will not restart. The default
value is
Enable
.
v
Error Logs
Select this choice to view or clear error logs.
–
Select
POST Error Log
to view the three most recent error codes and
messages that the system generated during POST.
Select
Clear event/error logs
from the
POST Error Log
menu to clear the
POST Error Log.
–
Select
System Event/Error Log
to view the System Event/Error Log. The
System Event/Error Log contains all the system error and warning messages
that the system has generated. You can use the arrow keys to move between
pages in the System Event/Error Log.
If an optional Remote Supervisor Adapter is installed, the full text of the error
messages will be displayed; otherwise, the log will only contain numeric error
codes. Run the diagnostic program on your server to get more information on
any error codes that might occur. See the
Hardware Maintenance Manual and
Troubleshooting Guide
on the IBM
xSeries Documentation
CD for instructions.
Select
Clear event/error logs
from the
System Event/Error Log
menu to
clear the System Event/Error Log.
v
Save Settings
Select this choice to save your customized settings.
v
Restore Settings
Select this choice to delete your changes.
v
Load Default Settings
Select this choice to cancel your changes.
v
Exit Setup
Select this choice to exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If you have
made any changes and not saved them, the program will prompt you to save the
changes or exit without saving the changes.
Additional Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices
When you install an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter in your server, you can view
additional menu choices in the Configuration/Setup Utility program, such as:
v
System Card Data
Select this choice to display information about your server.
v
PCI Slot/Device Information
Select this choice to view the properties of adapters installed in PCI slots.
v
Administrator Password
Select this choice to set or change the administrator password.
Chapter 2. Configuring the server
17