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Diagnostic Tools and Setup Utilities
This chapter provides an overview of the P ower-On Self-Test (POST), the POST error messa ges, and
BIOS, SAS and SATA setup utilities.
BIOS Software
The ProLiant ML150 G 6 server uses BIOS to boot up t h e system. BIOS software is a ROM BIOS-based
firmware that allows reliability, manageability, and connectivity for server platforms. This software
contains a set of programs permanently stored in an EEPROM chipset located on the system board.
These programs assist in managing, initializing, and testing the hardware devices installed on the
computer.
BIOS software a ll ows you to:
• Perform configura t ion from the BIOS Setup Util it y
Using the Setup Utility, you can install, configure, and optimize the hardware devices on the
system board. In addition, you can enable various features such as serial console redirection,
hyper-threading, PXE boot, and much more.
• Initialize hardware at boot up using POST routines
During power-on or war m reset, the BIOS performs Power-On Self Test (POST) routines to test
system comp onents, to allocate resource for various hardware devices, and to prepare the
system to boot to various operating systems.
BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility provides the user with general sy stem in formation and allows th e user to
configure th e server for optimum performance and security. If any operation al problems occur after
changing BIOS p arameters, the BIOS Setup Utility a l lows the user to restore the server to the default
or failsafe values.
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