Specifications

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4.4.3 Advanced options
If you click Advanced Configuration in Figure 4-8 on page 144, the window shown in
Figure 4-9 opens.
Figure 4-9 Advanced I/O modules configuration window
Here you can perform more advanced configuration and access more detailed information
about the switch, such as:
򐂰 POST results (to view the start messages)
򐂰 Advanced setup (to enable advanced features)
򐂰 Restore factory defaults
򐂰 Send ping requests (to check that the switch receives ping commands)
򐂰 Start a Telnet/web session (to manage the switch by using IBM Networking OS), which is
shown in Figure 4-10 on page 146.
In this book, we focus only on the options that are relevant to our topic. Each of these options
is documented in the BladeCenter manuals and in IBM BladeCenter Products and
Technology, SG24-7523.