IBM eServer 130 xSeries User Reference Manual

Also see for eServer 130 xSeries: Configuration and options guide

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24 IBM xSeries 130: User’s Reference• Devices and I/O PortsSelect this choice to view or change the assignments for devices and input/outputports. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.You can also use this choice to enable or disable the integrated SCSI, andEthernet controllers.— The default setting is Enable for all the controllers. If you select Disable, thesystem will not configure the disabled device, and the operating system willnot detect the device. (This is equivalent to unplugging the device.)— If the on-board SCSI controller (model 8654 only) is disabled and no otherstorage-device controller is installed, operating system startup cannot occur.Select System Service Processor Settings to view the interrupt-request setting(IRQ) used by the Advanced System Management processor (system serviceprocessor). You can then use the arrow keys to select a new IRQ setting for theadvanced system management processor from the list of available choices.• Date and TimeSelect this choice to set the system date and time and to change the system timesent to the Advanced System Management processor (service processor) whenthe appliance server is started. This choice appears only on the fullConfiguration/Setup Utility main menu.The system time is in a 24-hour format: hour:minute:second.• System SecuritySelect this choice to set passwords or a system owner’s name. This choiceappears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.You can implement two levels of password protection:— Power-on PasswordSelect this choice to set or change a power-on password.Note: If you set a power-on password, you can no longer remotely managethe appliance.— Administrator PasswordSelect this choice to set or change an administrator password.Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot beoverridden or removed. You must replace the system board.The administrator password provides access to all choices on theConfiguration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete boththe administrator and power-on passwords and allow a power-on password tobe changed by the user.• Start OptionsSelect this choice to view or change the start options. This choice appears onlyon the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Start options take effect whenyou start your appliance 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 alsocan enable the appliance server to run without a diskette drive, monitor, orkeyboard.The appliance server uses a startup sequence to determine the device fromwhich the operating system starts. For example, you can define a startupsequence that checks for a startable diskette in the diskette drive, then checks thehard disk drive in bay 1, and then checks a network adapter.