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Chapter5.Conﬁguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconﬁguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

•“ConﬁguringRAID”onpage65

•“Updatingtheﬁrmware”onpage68

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverﬁrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand

changetheconﬁgurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.

However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe

server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage55.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup

Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,typethecorrectpasswordtoentertheSetupUtility

program.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage60

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconﬁguration.Selectadesireditem

toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp

aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe

screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom

theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar

with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider

changingtheserverconﬁguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconﬁgurationincorrectly

mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,

usetheBIOSdefaultsettingsjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See

“Systemboardjumpers”onpage50

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoupgradetheBIOSandtheTSM

ﬁrmware.

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