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System-board switches

This section contains information on the location of the switches, jumpers, and buttons on the server.

Important
  1. Before you change any switch settings or move any jumpers, turn off the server; then, disconnect all power cords and external cables. Review the following information:

  2. Any system-board switch or jumper block that is not shown in the illustrations in this document are reserved.

Note

If there is a clear protective sticker on the top of the switch blocks, you must remove and discard it to access the switches.

Figure 1. System-board switches
System-board switches

1 SW5

2 SW11

SW5 switch block

Table 1. SW5 switch block definition

Switch number

Switch name

Usage description

On

Off

1

XCC reset

Force hot reset BMC chip

Normal (default)

3

XCC boot primary

Request XCC to boot from backup bank

Request XCC to boot from primary bank (default)

4

Password override

Overrides the power-on password

Normal (default)

SW11 switch block

Table 2. SW11 switch block definition

Switch number

Switch name

Usage description

On

Off

3

Clear CMOS

Clear CMOS data

Normal (default)