Setup Utility menu choices

The following choices are on the Setup Utility main menu for the UEFI. Depending on the version of the firmware, some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions.

• System Information (available on the full Setup Utility menu only)

  Select this choice to view information about the server. When you make changes through other choices in Setup Utility, some of those changes are reflected in the system information; you cannot change settings directly in the system information.

  • System Summary

    Select this choice to view configuration information, including the ID, speed, and cache size of the microprocessors; machine type and model of the server; the serial number; the system UUID; and the amount of installed memory. When you make configuration changes through other options in Setup Utility, the changes are reflected in the system summary; you cannot change settings directly in the system summary.

  • Product Data (available on the full Setup Utility menu only)

    Select this choice to view the system-board identifier, the revision level or issue date of the firmware, the Integrated Management Module 2.1 (IMM2.1) and diagnostics code, and the version and date.

• System Settings

  Select this choice to view or change the server component settings.

  • Adapters and UEFI Drivers

    Select this choice to view information about the UEFI 1.10 and UEFI 2.0 compliant adapters and drivers installed in the server.

  • Processors

    Select this choice to view or change the processor settings.

  • Memory

    Select this choice to view or change the memory settings.

  • Devices and I/O Ports

    Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output (I/O) ports. You can configure the serial ports and remote console redirection. You also can enable or disable integrated Ethernet controllers, the SAS/SATA controllers, SATA optical drive channels, PCI slots, and video controller. If you disable a device, it cannot be configured, and the operating system will not be able to detect it (this is equivalent to disconnecting the device).

  • Operating Modes

    Select this choice to view or change the operating profile (performance and power utilization).

  • Legacy Support

    Select this choice to view or set the legacy support.

    • Force Legacy Video on Boot

      Select this choice to force INT video support, if the operating system does not support UEFI video output standards.

    • Rehook INT 19h

      Select this choice to enable or disable devices from taking control of the boot process. The default setting is Disable.

    • Legacy Thunk Support

      Select this choice to enable or disable UEFI to interact with PCI mass storage devices that are non-UEFI compliant. The default setting is Enable.

    • Infinite Boot Retry

      Select this choice to enable or disable UEFI to retry the legacy boot order infinitely. The default setting is Disable.

    • Non-Planar PXE

      Select this choice to enable or disable non-system-board Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) for legacy mode.

    • BBS Boot

      Select this choice to enable or disable legacy boot in BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) manner. The default is Enable.

  • Security

    Select this choice to view or configure the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support.

  • Integrated Management Module 2.1 (IMM2.1)

    Select this choice to view or change the settings for the Integrated Management Module 2.1 (IMM2.1).

    • Power Restore Policy

      Select this choice to set the mode of operation after power loss.

    • Commands on USB Interface

      Select this choice to enable or disable the Ethernet over USB interface on IMM2.1. The default setting is Enable.

    • Network Configuration

      Select this choice to view the system management network interface port, the IMM2.1 MAC address, the current IMM2.1 IP address, and host name; define the static IMM2.1 IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address; specify whether to use the static IP address or have DHCP assign the IMM2.1 IP address; save the network changes; and reset the IMM2.1.

    • Reset IMM2.1 to Defaults

      Select this choice to view or reset the IMM2.1 to the default settings.

    • Reset IMM2.1

      Select this choice to reset the IMM2.1.

  • Recovery and RAS

    Select this choice to view or change the POST attempts and system recovery settings.

    • Backup Bank Management

      Select this choice to view or change the backup bank management setting.

    • Disk GPT Recovery

      Select this choice to view or change the Disk GPT recovery options.

    • POST Attempts

      Select this choice to view or change the number of attempts to POST.

      • POST Attempts Limit

        Select this choice to view or change the Nx boot failure parameters.

    • System Recovery

      Select this choice to view or change system recovery settings.

      • POST Watchdog Timer

        Select this choice to view or enable the POST watchdog timer.

      • POST Watchdog Timer Value

        Select this choice to view or set the POST loader watchdog timer value.

      • Reboot System on NMI

        Select this choice to enable or disable restarting the system whenever a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) occurs. The default setting is Enable.

  • Storage

    Select this choice to view or change the storage device settings.

  • Network

    Select this choice to view or change the network device options, such as iSCSI.

  • Drive Health

    Select this choice to view the status of the controllers installed in the blade server.

• Date and Time (available on the full Setup Utility menu only)

  Select this choice to set the date and time in the server, in 24-hour format (hour:minute:second).

• Start Options (available on the full Setup Utility menu only)

  Select this choice to view or change the start options, including the startup sequence, PXE boot option, and PCI device boot priority. Changes in the startup options take effect when you start the server.

  The startup sequence specifies the order in which the server checks devices to find a boot record. The server starts from the first boot record that it finds. If the server has Wake on LAN hardware and software and the operating system supports Wake on LAN functions, you can specify a startup sequence for the Wake on LAN functions. For example, you can define a startup sequence that checks for a disc in the CD-RW/DVD drive, then checks the hard disk drive, and then checks a Ethernet controller.

• Boot Manager

  Select this choice to view, add, delete, or change the device boot priority, boot from a file, select a one-time boot, change the boot mode, or restart the system.

• System Event Log (available on the full Setup Utility menu only)

  Select this choice to enter the System Event Manager, where you can view the POST event log and the system-event log. You can use the arrow keys to move between pages in the error log.

  POST event log contains the most recent error codes and messages that were generated during the POST.

  System-event log contains POST and system management interrupt (SMI) events and all events that are generated by the baseboard management controller that is embedded in the Integrated Management Module 2.1 (IMM2.1).

  Important

  If the system-error LED on the front of the server is lit but there are no other error indications, clear the system-event log. Also, after you complete a repair or correct an error, clear the system-event log to turn off the system-error LED on the front of the server.

  • POST Event Viewer

    Select this choice to enter the POST event viewer to view the POST error messages.

  • System Event Log

    Select this choice to view the system event log.

  • Clear System Event Log

    Select this choice to clear the system event log.

• User Security

  Select this choice to set, change, or clear passwords. For more information, see Passwords.

  • Set Power-on Password

    Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. For more information, see Power-on password.

  • Clear Power-on Password

    Select this choice to clear a power-on password. For more information, see Power-on password.

  • Set Administrator Password

    Select this choice to set or change an administrator password. An administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator; it limits access to the full Setup Utility menu. If an administrator password is set, the full Setup Utility menu is available only if you type the administrator password at the password prompt. For more information, see Administrator password.

  • Clear Administrator Password

    Select this choice to clear an administrator password. For more information, see Administrator password.

• Save Settings

  Select this choice to save the changes that you have made in Setup Utility.

• Restore Settings

  Select this choice to cancel the changes that you have made in Setup Utility and restore the previous settings.

• Load Default Settings

  Select this choice to cancel the changes that you have made in Setup Utility and restore the factory settings.

• Exit Setup

  Select this choice to exit Setup Utility. If you have not saved the changes that you have made in Setup Utility, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes or exit without saving them.