Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Setting the System Date and Time

•SystemInformation:Viewbasicinformationaboutyourserver.
•BMCNetworkConguration:SetBMCcongurationparameters.
BootOptionsmenu
TheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangethe
serverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthe
startupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverstarts.
Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation
aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage64
.
BootManagermenu
TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconguration.Ifyouselectadesireddevicelistedonthis
menu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.
YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicefromthebootdevice
selectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage64.
Save&Exitmenu
AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&ExitmenuandthenselectYeswhenpromptedto
conrmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage65
.
TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:
•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewiththecongurationintheSetupUtility
program.
•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.
•DiscardChanges:Discardchangesandloadpreviousvalues.
•RestoreDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.
•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.
•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.
Settingthesystemdateandtime
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.
2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.
3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
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