User`s guide

x NovaScale 4020 User’s Guide
3 Configuration Software and Utilities .......................................................... 29
Utilities / Drivers on Resource CD.........................................................................................29
Running Software Utilities Directly from the Resource CD ..........................................29
Power-on Sequence and Power-on Self-Test (POST)..........................................................29
Extensible Firmware Interface Boot Manager....................................................................... 30
The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Shell .....................................................................34
BIOS Setup ...........................................................................................................................36
Starting Setup ..............................................................................................................36
Recording Your Setup Settings....................................................................................36
Navigating Setup Utility Screens..................................................................................37
Setup Screens.............................................................................................................. 38
Main .....................................................................................................38
Advanced ..................................................................................................... 39
Security .....................................................................................................39
System Management.....................................................................................40
Exit .....................................................................................................41
LSI Logic* SCSI Utility...........................................................................................................42
Launching the LSI SCSI Utility .....................................................................................42
Creating a RAID1 (Mirror) on the internal disks ...........................................................42
Activation ..................................................................................................... 42
Installation of the Operating System..............................................................43
Behavior .....................................................................................................43
System Maintenance Utility...................................................................................................44
Remote Keyboard Navigation ......................................................................................45
Local Keyboard Navigation ..........................................................................................45
About Box Information..................................................................................................47
Server Discovery..........................................................................................................48
Remote SMU Application .............................................................................................48
Local SMU Application .................................................................................................51
Running from CD...........................................................................................51
Running from the System Partition................................................................ 51
Shutdown SMU Application..........................................................................................52
Server Management Configuration Task......................................................................52
LAN Channel Configuration Sub-task............................................................53
User Configuration Sub-task .........................................................................60
Platform Event Filtering (PEF) Sub-task........................................................63
Serial/Modem Channel Configuration Sub-task ............................................70
Power Configuration Sub-task.......................................................................81
SEL Viewer...................................................................................................................82
Viewing Events in the SEL ............................................................................83
Sorting the SEL .............................................................................................85
SDR Viewer..................................................................................................................87
Viewing SDRs................................................................................................88
FRU Viewer..................................................................................................................90
Viewing FRUs................................................................................................91
Task Error Handling .....................................................................................................92
Data Entry Errors...........................................................................................92
Internal Errors For Which a View Can Be Generated....................................92
Data Corruption Errors that the SMU Application can Handle.......................93
Internal Errors For Which a View Cannot Be Generated...............................93
Help .......................................................................................................................94
Help for the Remote SMU Application........................................................... 94
Help for the Local SMU Application...............................................................95