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The administrator password provides access to all choices on the
Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both
the administrator and power-on passwords and allow a power-on password to
be changed by the user.
See “Using passwords” on page 19 for more information.
v Start Options
Select this choice to view or change the start options. This choice appears only
on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Start options take effect when
you start your server.
You can select keyboard operating characteristics, such as the keyboard speed.
You also can specify whether the keyboard number lock starts on or off. You also
can enable the server to run without a diskette drive, monitor, or keyboard.
Note: If you attach a standard (non-USB) keyboard to the keyboard port, the
USB ports and devices will be disabled during the power-on self-test
(POST). You might need to enable keyboardless operation to prevent the
POST error message 301 from being displayed during startup. For
detailed information about this option and how to connect it to your server,
refer to the documentation that comes with the option.
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 Chapter 3, “Using the
ServerGuide CD” on page 23 for additional information about the System
Partition.
16 IBM xSeries 255 Type 8685: User’s Guide