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Chapter 4 Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware 4-3
4.1.2.2 AMD PowerNow! Feature Enabled by Default
The AMD PowerNow! feature, which is accessed from the BIOS Setup utility
Advanced menu, is enabled by default on the Sun Netra CP3220 blade server. Some
problems have been observed when using this feature on certain operating systems.
If you want to disable this feature, first refer to the Sun Netra CP3220 Blade Server
Product Notes (820-1980) for any outstanding known issues for your operating
system.
4.1.3 Description of the BIOS Screens
TABLE 4-1 contains summary descriptions of the first-level BIOS Setup screens. For more
information about the BIOS screens and screen illustrations, see Appendix B.
TABLE 4-1 BIOS Setup Screens Summary
Screen Description
Main General system information.
Advanced Configuration information for the CPUs,
IDE, Super I/O, ACPI, Event
Log, PCI Express, Smbios, MPS, Remote Access, and USB.
PCI/PnP Configure Plug-and-Play (PnP) devices.
Note: For some operating systems you can also configure PnP devices
using the operating system.
Boot Configure the boot device priority (hard disk drives and the ATAPI
DVD-ROM drive).
Security Install or change the user and supervisor passwords.
Chipset Configuration options for the NorthBridge, SouthBridge, and
HyperTransport devices.
Note that the Memory Chipkill option is enabled by default. Enabling
Chipkill improves system reliability but degrades system
performance under specific applications.
Exit
Save or discard changes, or load optimal default BIOS settings.