C-6 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers—User Guide • March 2005
C.2.4 Global Properties
The Global Properties option on the main menu allows you to set display and video
modes, as well as a pause if an alert message has been displayed.
Following are the options on the Global Properties menu.
TABLE C-6 Global Properties
Option Description
Pause When Boot Alert
Displayed
Specifies whether to pause for user
acknowledgement after displaying an alert
message during boot. The Boot Alert setting can
be either No or Yes.
To continue after displaying a message, specify
No. To wait for any key after displaying a
message, specify Yes.
Boot Information Display
Mode
Specifies the information display mode of the
BIOS during boot. It controls how much
information about adapters and devices are
displayed during boot. The Display Mode setting
can be either Terse or Verbose.
To display minimum information, specify Terse
mode. To display detailed information, specify
Verbose mode.
Negotiate with devices Sets the default value for synchronous and wide
negotiations with specified devices. Options are:
All, None or Supported.
Video Mode Specifies the default video mode for the
Configuration Utility. The Video Mode setting
can be either Color or Monochrome. The
monochrome setting enhances readability on a
monochrome monitor.
Support Interrupt Allows the ability to prevent a hook on INT40, if
required.
Disable Integrated RAID Tells the firmware not to perform a bus scan
searching for RAID member devices. It also
disables configuration of RAID arrays in the
BIOS.
<Restore Defaults> Press Enter to obtain default settings.