IBM 8685 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 24
Boot Fail Count, PCI Bus Control
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The server uses a startup sequence to determine the device from which the operating system is loaded. For example, you can define a startup sequence that checks for a startable diskette in the diskette drive, then checks the hard disk drive in bay 1, and then checks a network adapter. You can set the Planar Ethernet PXE/DHCP menu choice to enable or disable the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) option for the integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller. The default setting for this menu item is Planar Ethernet, which enables the PXE option. To disable this option, select Disabled. If the Boot Fail Count choice is enabled, you can restore the BIOS system defaults after three consecutive boot failures. If this choice is disabled, the BIOS system defaults can be loaded only from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the master boot record at startup. v Advanced Setup Select this choice to change values for advanced hardware features, such as cache control, PCI configuration, Hot Spare Memory, and Hyper-Threading technology. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. A warning message appears above the choices on this menu to alert you that the system might malfunction if these options are configured incorrectly. Follow the instructions on the screen carefully. - System Partition Visibility Select this choice to indicate whether the System Partition is visible. To make the System Partition visible, set this value to Visible. To make the System Partition invisible, set this value to Hidden. See "Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD" on page 21 for additional information about the System Partition. - Core Chipset Control Select this choice to modify settings that control features of the core chip set on the system board. To maintain optimum system operation in the event of a memory failure, you can enable the Hot Spare Memory feature on the Core Chipset Control menu. This feature removes the failed memory from the system configuration and activates a Hot Spare Memory pair or quad of DIMMs to replace the failed memory pair or quad of DIMMs. Before you can enable the Hot Spare Memory feature, you must also install at least one additional memory pair or quad of DIMMs and adhere to special requirements as described in "Installing memory modules" on page 82. You can also enable the Memory Remapping feature on the Core Chipset Control menu. To enable the Hot Spare Memory and Memory Remapping features, change the values from No to Yes. - CPU Options Select this choice to enable or disable the microprocessor cache. In addition, you can set the microprocessor cache mode to write-back (WB) or write-through (WT). Selecting write-back mode will provide better system performance. - PCI Bus Control 14 xSeries 255 Type 8685: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide