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Chapter 10 Configuring the HP Netserver
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Setup (BIOS) Utility
The HP Netserver (BIOS) Setup Utility is used to configure the following
Netserver options:
• User Preferences
• Security
• Configuration
• Exit
Accessing the Setup Utility
The (BIOS) Setup Utility menu offers the choices listed above, and the
corresponding items are described in the topics below.
1. Turn on the monitor and the HP Netserver.
2. Start the Setup Utility by pressing the [F2] key, when the following message
appears on the boot screen.
Press <F2> to enter SETUP
Menu Bar
The Setup Utility provides a menu bar with several menu selections. The menu bar
choices are:
• User Preferences - Use this menu option to set the Netserver time, date and
keyboard functions.
• Security - Use this menu option to set Power-on password protections and
hardware security options. Two choices are available under Security:
o Power On Password
- Use this option to set the power-on password,
which will require a password to enter the Setup Utility or complete the
boot process.
o Hardware Security
- Use the options under this head to enable or disable
writing to flexible disk connected to the embedded controller. Also found
here are switches for allowing booting from the flexible disk drive, hard
disk drive, and CD-ROM.
• Configuration - Use this menu option to configure I/O ports, I/O addressing,
interrupts, PCI slot masters, IRQ interrupt locking, and boot device ordering.
These menu selections also provide access to enable/
disable specific options or features, such as the Alert-on-LAN 2 feature.