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Chapter 10 Configuring the HP NetServer
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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 provides a menu bar that leads to several menus. The menu bar
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 serial ports, Serial 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 the Sharing Algorithm
for each slot and manually set the IRQ for each PCI board installed into
the six slots. This menu also includes setting the IRQ Locking feature
for the embedded SCSI channels and the embedded LAN connection.
Three more IRQs can be made available by disabling the Parallel,
Serial A, and Management Ports.
◊ 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.