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6.4.1 Setting the Date and Time............................................................6-21
6.4.2 Setting Up the Hard Disk.............................................................6-22
6.4.3 Setting the Level of Memory Testing............................................6-23
6.5 Setting Automatic Booting..................................................................6-24
6.5.1 Windows NT and Auto Start.........................................................6-25
6.5.2 Setting Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMS Systems to Auto Start...........6-26
6.6 Changing the Default Boot Device......................................................6-27
6.7 Running AlphaBIOS-Based Utilities..................................................6-28
6.7.1 Running Utilities from a VGA Monitor ........................................6-29
6.7.2 Setting Up Serial Mode.................................................................6-31
6.7.3 Running Utilities from a Serial Terminal ....................................6-32
6.7.4 Running the RAID Standalone Configuration Utility.................. 6-34
6.8 Setting SRM Security..........................................................................6-35
6.9 Setting Windows NT Security.............................................................6-38
6.10 Configuring Devices............................................................................6-40
6.10.1 CPU Configuration .......................................................................6-40
6.10.2 Memory Configuration..................................................................6-42
6.10.3 PCI Configuration.........................................................................6-46
6.10.4 Power Supply Configurations.......................................................6-48
6.11 Switching Between Operating Systems..............................................6-50
6.11.1 Switching from UNIX or OpenVMS to Windows NT.................... 6-50
6.11.2 Switching from Windows NT to UNIX or OpenVMS....................6-52
Chapter 7 Using the Remote Management Console
7.1 RMC Overview......................................................................................7-2
7.2 Operating Modes...................................................................................7-4
7.2.1 Bypass Modes .................................................................................7-6
7.3 Terminal Setup.....................................................................................7-9
7.4 Connecting to the RMC CLI................................................................ 7-10
7.5 SRM Environment Variables for COM1.............................................7-12
7.6 RMC Command-Line Interface...........................................................7-13
7.6.1 Defining the COM1 Data Flow.....................................................7-15
7.6.2 Displaying the System Status ......................................................7-16
7.6.3 Displaying the System Environment............................................7-18
7.6.4 Dumping DPR Data......................................................................7-20
7.6.5 Power On and Off, Reset, and Halt ..............................................7-22
7.6.6 Configuring Remote Dial-In .........................................................7-24
7.6.7 Configuring Dial-Out Alert...........................................................7-26
7.6.8 Resetting the Escape Sequence ....................................................7-29
7.7 Resetting the RMC to Factory Defaults..............................................7-30
7.8 Troubleshooting Tips .......................................................................... 7-32