User`s guide

Chapter 3: Configuration Software and Utilities

Running Setup

You can run Setup to modify any standard PC baseboard feature such as:

• Select diskette drive

• Select parallel port

• Select serial port

• Set time/date (to be stored in RTC)

• Conﬁgure IDE hard drive

• Specify boot device sequence

• Enable SCSI BIOS

Running the System Setup Utility (SSU) Instead of Setup

You must run the SSU instead of Setup to do the following:

• Enter or change information about a board

• Alter system resources (for example, interrupts, memory addresses, I/O

assignments) to user-selected choices instead of choices selected by the BIOS

resource manager

Record Your Setup Settings

Ifthedefaultvalueseverneedtoberestored(afteraCMOSclear,forexample),youmust

run Setup again. Referring to the worksheets could make your task easier.

If You Cannot Access Setup

If the diskette drive is misconﬁgured so that you cannot access it to run a utility from a

diskette, you might need to clear CMOS memory. You must open the system, change a

jumpersetting, use Setupto check andset diskettedrive options, andchange thejumper

back. This procedure should be doneby atrained service person, see theSGI 1400Server

Family Maintenance and Upgrades Guide.