Dell PowerEdge 6650 - Manual (Page 28)

System Setup Options
The following subsections outline the options on the System Setup screens.
Main Screen
When the System Setup program runs, the main program screen appears (see Figure 3 -1 ).
Figure 3-1. Main System Setup Screen
The following options and information fields appear on the main System Setup screen:
l System Time — Resets the time on the system's internal clock.
l System Date — Resets the date on the system's internal calendar.
l Diskette Drive A: — Displays the type of diskette drive for your system.
l System Memory — Displays the amount of system memory. This option has no user-selectable settings.
l Video Memory — Displays the amount of video memory. This option has no user-selectable settings.
l CPU Information — Displays information related to the microprocessors. This screen has no user-selectable settings.
l Boot Sequence — Displays the Boot Sequence screen, discussed later in this section.
l Hard-Disk Drive Sequence — Displays the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence screen, discussed later in this section.
l Integrated Devices — Displays the Integrated Devices screen, discussed later in this section.
l Embedded Server Management — Displays the Embedded Server Management screen, discussed later in this section.
l PCI IRQ Assignment — Displays a screen that allows you to change the IRQ allocated to each of the integrated devices on the PCI bus, and any
installed expansion cards that require an IRQ.
l PCI Hot-Plug Slot Information — Displays information about each of the system's hot-pluggable PCI and PCI-X slots. This information can be used to
determine in which slot a card should be added to achieve optimal performance.
l Redundant Memory — Enables or disables redundant memory features. All banks should have memory modules of the same type and size for these
features to function properly.
The redundant memory options vary, according to the number of populated memory banks and whether the same type of memory modules are being
used in each bank:
¡ Disabled—two or fewer memory banks are populated with the same kind of memory modules
¡ Disabled and Spare Bank Enabled—three memory banks are populated with the same type of memory modules
¡ Disabled, Spare Bank Enabled, and Mirror Enabled—four memory banks are populated with the same type of memory modules
l Console Redirection — Displays a screen that allows you to configure console redirection. The submenu allows you to turn the feature on or off, select
the remote terminal type, and enable or disable redirection after booting. For more information on using console redirection, see "
Using Console
Redirection ."
l System Security — Displays a screen that allows you to configure the system password and setup password features. See " Using the System Password
Feature " and " Using the Setup Password Feature " for more information.
l Keyboard NumLock — Determines whether your system starts up with the Num Lock mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (does not apply to
84-key keyboards).