Sun Microsystems CP3220 Server User Manual


 
vi Sun Netra CP3220 Blade Server User’s Guide January 2010
4. Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware 4–1
4.1 About BIOS Settings 4–2
4.1.1 Navigating BIOS Screens 4–2
4.1.2 BIOS Considerations 4–2
4.1.2.1 BIOS Option ROMs on the Sun Netra CP3220 Blade
Server 4–2
4.1.2.2 AMD PowerNow! Feature Enabled by Default 4–3
4.1.3 Description of the BIOS Screens 4–3
4.2 Changing the Configuration of a BIOS Menu Item 4–4
4.3 Setting the Boot Device Using BIOS Setup Screens 4–5
4.4 Changing the BIOS Continuous Boot Setting 4–9
4.5 Setting Supervisor and User Passwords 4–9
4.6 Resetting the System Time and System Date 4–11
4.7 Updating the BIOS 4–12
4.8 Secondary BIOS Image 4–12
4.9 Use the Secondary BIOS Image 4–12
4.10 Perform a Live Firmware Upgrade 4–13
4.11 Power-On Self-Test 4–14
4.12 Changing POST Options 4–14
5. Hardware Architecture 5–1
5.1 Block Diagram 5–2
5.2 The AMD Opteron Processor 5–3
5.3 Memory 5–4
5.4 Networking and I/O 5–5
5.4.1 nVidia MCP55 5–5
5.4.2 PCI Express Bus 5–6
5.4.3 Dual BIOS 5–6
5.4.4 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 5–6