ProLiant ML110 Generation 2 Server Maintenance and Service Guide

Diagnostic Tools
Setup Utility Primary Menus
The Setup Utility’s menu bar displays the six primary menu selections. Table 3-2 lists these
menus and their corresponding functions.
Table 3-2: Setup Utility's Primary Menus
Menu Function
Main Use this menu to:
• Set the system time and date.
• Select the type of diskette drive type.
• Configure drive settings for available IDE and SATA devices.
• Select which options to run during system boot-up.
• View the amount of available conventional and extended memory detected during boot-up.
Advanced Use this menu to:
• Clear all configuration data in a section of memory for ESCD (Extended System Configuration
Data) which stores the configuration settings for non-PnP plug-in devices.
• Enable or disable support for the legacy USB bus.
• Configure settings for available PCI devices.
• Configure settings for the PCI chipset (U16), as well as enable or disable the onboard LAN and
VGA controllers (U13 and U22).
• Enable or disable the processor’s Hyper-Threading function, and set its internal frequency multiplier.
Hyper-Threading (HT) is an Intel technology that enables a processor to execute two threads in
parallel—allowing the system to multi-task more effectively thus significantly boosts computing
performance.
• Configure settings for the I/O ports.
• Configure settings for hardware protection. For detailed procedures on how to this, go to the
“Setting Hardware Protection” section in this chapter.
• Configure console redirection settings to allow the system to be displayed on a remote terminal
for online server management.
• View the pre-failure system threshold levels for hardware monitoring. This function is only
applicable if a BMC card is installed in the server.
• Configure settings for the IPMI function.
CAUTION: Be cautious in setting field values in this menu as any incorrect value may cause the
system to malfunction.
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