Chapter 3. Configuring your server
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— System Card Data
Select this choice to view vital product data (VPD) for some server
components.
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Devices and I/O Ports
Select this choice to view or change the assignments for devices and input/output
ports. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main
menu.
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Date and Time
Select this choice to set the system date and time and to change the system time
sent to the Advanced System Management Processor (service processor) when the
server is started. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility
main menu.
The system time is in a 24-hour format: hour:minute:second.
You can set a time delta to be added or subtracted from the system time that is
sent to the service processor (Advanced System Management Processor) each
time the server is started. Use the number keys to enter the hours and minutes
and + or
−
to add or subtract from the system time. If you want the system clock
time to be the same as the Advanced System Management Processor clock time,
leave the value set at its default of 0.
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System Security
Select this choice to set passwords or a system owner’s name. This choice appears
only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
You can implement two levels of password protection:
— Power-on Password
Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. See “Using
passwords” on page 18 for more information.
— Administrator Password
Select this choice to set or change an administrator password.
Attention:
If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be
overridden or removed. You must replace the processor board.
The administrator password provides access to all choices on the
Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both
the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a power-on password
to be changed by the user.
See“Using passwords” on page 18 for more information.
— System Owner’s Name
Select this choice to specify a system owner’s name, which will display during
POST. You can remove or change the name only from the System Security
menu. You can use any combination of up to 16 characters for the system
owner’s name.
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Start Options
Select this choice to view or change the start options. This choice appears only on
the full Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. Start options take effect when
you start your server.
You can select keyboard operating characteristics, such as the keyboard speed.
You also can specify whether the keyboard number lock starts on or off. You also
can enable the server to run without a diskette drive, monitor, or keyboard.
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