Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardcomponents”onpage37
.
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOSandtheFRU/Sensor
DataRecords(SDR).
ThefollowingmenusarelistedontheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen:
•Main:See“Mainmenu”onpage46.
•Devices:See“Devicesmenu”onpage46.
•Advanced:See“Advancedmenu”onpage46.
•Power:See“Powermenu”onpage47
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•Security:See“Securitymenu”onpage47.
•Startup:See“Startupmenu”onpage48.
•Exit:“Exitmenu”onpage48.
Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationaboutthe
BIOS,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage49.
Devicesmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicessettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneach
submenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.
Notes:
•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.
•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.
TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
•SerialPortSetup:Viewandsetserialconnectorcongurationparameters.
•USBSetup:ViewandsetUSBcongurationparameters.
•ATADriveSetup:ViewandsetSATAharddiskdrivecongurationparameters.
•VideoSetup:Viewandsettheprimaryvideoadaptertype.
•AudioSetup:Enableordisabletheonboardaudiocontroller.
•NetworkSetup:EnableordisabletheonboardEthernetcontrollerandothernetworkfunctions.
Advancedmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
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