Grass Valley FT Server - Manual (Page 80)

Setting OS Boot Monitoring in BIOS
Use this task as directed by other processes, such as the disk reimage process, or as instructed by
Grass Valley Support.
1. Power on one CPU/IO module.
POST will be performed on this CPU/IO module.
2. A message appears at the lower left of the screen (shown below), prompting for startup of the
BIOS setup utility SETUP.
3. Press F2 to start the SETUP utility, while the above message is displayed.
4. Select the Server tab.
5. Select Monitoring Configuration and press Enter .
6. Select OS Boot Monitoring .
7. Set to Enabled or Disabled, as appropriate.
8. Press F10 to save and exit.
Turn off FT server firewall
This task applies to the following:
• A GV STRATUS Core server on a FT server platform.
Systems with the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system require special configuration.
A server must have its firewall disabled for proper K2 system operation. This includes the Windows
firewall that has different profiles for workgroup, domain, etc. You must do the following steps to
disable the firewall.
1. Log in to the server with Windows administrator privileges.
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