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Selectthischoicetosetthedateandtimeintheserver,in24-hourformat(hour:minute:second).
ThischoiceisonthefullSetuputilitymenuonly.
•StartOptions
Selectthischoicetovieworchangethestartoptions,includingthestartupsequence,keyboardNumLock
state,PXEbootoption,andPCIdevicebootpriority.Changesinthestartupoptionstakeeffectwhenyou
starttheserver.
Thestartupsequencespecifiestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestofindabootrecord.The
serverstartsfromthefirstbootrecordthatitfinds.IftheserverhasWakeonLANhardwareandsoftware
andtheoperatingsystemsupportsWakeonLANfunctions,youcanspecifyastartupsequenceforthe
WakeonLANfunctions.Forexample,youcandefineastartupsequencethatchecksforadiscinthe
CD-RW/DVDdrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkadapter.
ThischoiceisonthefullSetuputilitymenuonly.
•BootManager
Selectthischoicetoview,add,delete,orchangethedevicebootpriority,bootfromafile,selecta
one-timeboot,orresetthebootordertothedefaultsetting.
•SystemEventLogs
SelectthischoicetoentertheSystemEventManager,whereyoucanviewthePOSTeventlogandthe
system-eventlog.Youcanusethearrowkeystomovebetweenpagesintheerrorlog.Thischoice
isonthefullSetuputilitymenuonly.
ThePOSTeventlogcontainsthemostrecenterrorcodesandmessagesthatweregeneratedduringPOST.
Thesystem-eventlogcontainsPOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)eventsandalleventsthat
aregeneratedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerthatisembeddedintheIntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2).
Important:Ifthesystem-errorLEDonthefrontoftheserverislitbuttherearenoothererrorindications,
clearthesystem-eventlog.Also,afteryoucompletearepairorcorrectanerror,clearthesystem-event
logtoturnoffthesystem-errorLEDonthefrontoftheserver.
–POSTEventViewer
SelectthischoicetoenterthePOSTeventviewertoviewthePOSTerrormessages.
–SystemEventLog
Selectthischoicetoviewthesystemeventlog.
–ClearSystemEventLog
Selectthischoicetoclearthesystemeventlog.
•UserSecurity
Selectthischoicetoset,change,orclearpasswords.
Youcanset,change,anddeleteapower-onpasswordandanadministratorpasswordthroughthis
selection.Ifyousetapower-onpassword,youmusttypethepower-onpasswordtocompletethesystem
startupandtohaveaccesstotheSetupUtilitymenu.
Apasswordmustcontain6to20characters.Youcanuseanycombinationofalphabeticandnumeric
charactersforpasswords.Keeparecordofyourpasswordsinasecureplace.
Ifyouforgetthepower-onpassword,usethepower-onpasswordoverrideswitchtoregainaccessto
theserver.See“System-boardswitchesandjumpers”onpage27
.
Attention:Ifyousetanadministratorpasswordandthenforgetit,thereisnowaytochange,override,or
removeit.Youmustreplacethesystemboard.
•SaveSettings
Selectthischoicetosavethechangesthatyouhavemadeinthesettings.
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