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2 Configuration Software and Utilities
This chapter describes the Power-On Self Test (POST) and system configuration utilities. The
table below briefly describes the utilities.
Table 5. Configuration Utilities
Utility Description and brief procedure Page
BIOS Setup If the system does not have a diskette drive, or the drive is
disabled or misconfigured, use Setup to enable it.
Or, you can move the CMOS jumper on the system board from the
default setting (Protect CMOS memory) to the Clear setting; this
will allow most system configurations to boot. For the procedure to
do this, see “CMOS Clear Jumper” on page 109.
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Changing Boot Device
Priority
Use this option to change the boot device priority temporarily or
permanently.
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SCSI
Select
Utility Use to configure the SCSI controllers in the system. 45
Adaptec SCSI Utility Use to configure or view the settings of the SCSI host adapters
and onboard SCSI devices in the system.
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Server Setup Utility (SSU) Use for extended system configuration of onboard resources and
add-in boards, viewing the system event log (SEL), setting boot
device priority, or setting system security options.
The SSU can be run from either the configuration software CD or
from a set of bootable diskettes. You can create the diskettes from
the CD.
Information entered via the SSU overrides information entered via
Setup.
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Direct Platform Control
(DPC) Console
Use to access and monitor the server remotely. 49
FRUSDR Load Utility Use to update the Field Replacement Unit (FRU), Sensor Data
Record (SDR), and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) flash
components.
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BIOS Update Utility Use to update the BIOS or recover from a corrupted BIOS update. 53
Firmware Update Utility Use to update BMC flash ROM. 56