HP ProLiant SL165z G7 Server Software Configuration Guide

Contents 3
Contents
System BIOS configuration ......................................................................................................................4
System BIOS overview.............................................................................................................................. 4
AMIBIOS software ................................................................................................................................... 4
AMIBIOS Setup Utility............................................................................................................................... 4
Accessing the Setup Utility.................................................................................................................... 5
Navigating through the Setup Utility ...................................................................................................... 5
Setup Utility menus.............................................................................................................................. 6
Recording custom Setup values ........................................................................................................... 28
Loading system defaults ..................................................................................................................... 28
Clearing CMOS ............................................................................................................................... 28
Power-On Self Test (POST) ...................................................................................................................... 29
POST error indicators ........................................................................................................................ 29
POST-related troubleshooting.............................................................................................................. 30
OS installation .....................................................................................................................................32
Supported OS ....................................................................................................................................... 32
OS pre-installation procedure .................................................................................................................. 32
Hardware setup................................................................................................................................ 32
BIOS update .................................................................................................................................... 33
Server management..............................................................................................................................34
Pre- and post-installation procedures......................................................................................................... 34
Pre-installation procedures.................................................................................................................. 34
Post-installation procedures................................................................................................................. 35
Configuring the BMC ............................................................................................................................. 35
Index ..................................................................................................................................................36