Users Guide

Instrumentation Service 63
AC Switch
Clicking the AC Switch object allows you to display key features of your system's AC failover switch.
The AC Switch object action window can have the following tab, depending on the user's group
privileges: Properties.
Properties
Subtab: Information
Under the Properties tab, you can view AC switch redundancy information and view information about
the AC power lines.
BIOS
Clicking the BIOS object allows you to manage key features of your system's BIOS. Your system's BIOS
contains programs stored on a flash memory chip set that control communications between the
microprocessor and peripheral devices, such as the keyboard and the video adapter, and other
miscellaneous functions, such as system messages. The BIOS object action window can have the
following tabs, depending on the user's group privileges: Properties and Setup.
Properties
Subtab: Information
Under the Properties tab, you can view BIOS information.
Setup
Subtab: BIOS
Under the Setup tab, you can set the state for each BIOS setup object.
NOTE: Setting the boot sequence to Device List on the Setup tab results in the following boot sequence: diskette,
IDE CD drive, hard drive, option ROMs (if the devices are available).
BMC
Clicking the BMC object allows you to manage the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) features
such as, general information on the BMC. You can also manage the configuration of the BMC on a LAN,
serial port for the BMC, terminal mode settings for the serial port, BMC on a serial over LAN
connection, BMC users, and BIOS setup.
NOTE: If an application other than Server Administrator is used to configure the BMC while Server Administrator
is running, the BMC configuration data displayed by Server Administrator may become asynchronous with the BMC.
It is recommended that Server Administrator be used to configure the BMC while Server Administrator is running.