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System BIOS configuration
System BIOS overview.............................................................................................................................. 4
PhoenixBIOS software .............................................................................................................................. 4
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility ......................................................................................................................... 4
Setup Utility primary menus .................................................................................................................. 6
Boot-time diagnostic screen ................................................................................................................ 20
Recording custom Setup values ........................................................................................................... 20
Loading system defaults ..................................................................................................................... 21
Clearing CMOS ............................................................................................................................... 21
Power-On Self Test (POST) ...................................................................................................................... 22
POST error indicators ........................................................................................................................ 22
RAID configuration
RAID overview....................................................................................................................................... 29
SATA RAID configuration ........................................................................................................................ 29
Network operating system (NOS) installation
Supported NOS..................................................................................................................................... 31
NOS pre-installation procedure ............................................................................................................... 31
Hardware setup................................................................................................................................ 31
BIOS update .................................................................................................................................... 31
Installing Microsoft Windows NOS .......................................................................................................... 32
Pre-installation instructions .................................................................................................................. 32
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 32
Microsoft Windows NOS installation................................................................................................... 32
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux NOS.................................................................................................... 39
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 39
Pre-installation instructions .................................................................................................................. 39
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 installation ................................................................................................. 39
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 installation ................................................................................................. 41
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server NOS.............................................................................................. 44
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 44
Pre-installation instructions .................................................................................................................. 44
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installation ........................................................................................... 44
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation ......................................................................................... 45
Installing Sun Solaris 10 ......................................................................................................................... 48
Pre-installation instructions .................................................................................................................. 48
Installation flow................................................................................................................................. 48
Sun Solaris 10 installation.................................................................................................................. 48
Server management
Server management overview.................................................................................................................. 51
Hardware interface ................................................................................................................................ 51
Server management BIOS setup............................................................................................................... 51
Remote management interfaces................................................................................................................ 52
Web interface .................................................................................................................................. 52
CLI command line interface ................................................................................................................ 52
KCS command line interface............................................................................................................... 54
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