Storage System Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Hardware Owner’s Manual
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel
- Opening and Closing the System
- Hard Drives
- Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Power Supplies
- System Fans
- Cooling Shroud
- Fan Brackets
- Cable Routing
- SAS Controller Daughter Card
- Configuring the Boot Device
- Expansion Cards
- Expansion-Card Cage
- DRAC Card and Cables
- Optical Drive and Cable
- System Memory
- Activating the Integrated NIC TOE
- Processors
- System Battery
- Expansion-Card Riser Boards
- Sideplane Board
- SAS Backplane Board
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS Controller Daughter Card
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
52 Using the System Setup Program
Embedded Gb
NIC1
(Enabled with PXE
default)
Enables or disables the system's integrated NIC. Options are
Enabled without PXE, Enabled with PXE, and Disabled. PXE
support allows the system to boot from the network. Changes
take effect after the system reboots.
MAC Address Displays the MAC address for the integrated 10/100/1000 NIC.
This field does not have user-selectable settings.
TOE Capability Displays the TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) feature status of the
onboard NIC.
Embedded Gb
NIC2
(Enabled with PXE
default)
Enables or disables the system's integrated NIC. Options are
Enabled without PXE, Enabled with PXE, and Disabled. PXE
support allows the system to boot from the network. Changes
take effect after the system reboots.
MAC Address Displays the MAC address for the integrated 10/100/1000 NIC.
This field does not have user-selectable settings.
TOE Capability Displays the TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) feature status of the
onboard NIC.
Diskette Controller
(Auto default)
Enables or disables the system's diskette drive controller. When
Auto is selected, the system turns off the controller when
necessary to accommodate a controller card installed in an
expansion slot. You can also configure the drive as Read-Only,
or Off. When using the Read-Only setting, the drive cannot be
used to write to a disk.
OS Watchdog
Timer (Disabled
default)
NOTE: This feature is usable only with operating systems that
support WDAT implementations of the Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface (ACPI) 3.0b specification.
Sets a timer that monitors the operating system for activity and
aids in recovery if the system stops responding. When this field
is set to Enabled, the operating system is allowed to initialize
the timer. When set to Disabled, the timer is not initialized.
I/OAT DMA
Engine (Disable
default)
Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT)
option. This feature should be enabled only if the hardware and
software support I/OAT.
System Interrupts
Assignment
(Standard default)
Controls the interrupt assignment of PCI devices in the system.
Distributed swizzles the interrupt routing to minimize IRQ
sharing.
Table 2-5. Integrated Devices Screen Options (continued)
Option Description
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