System Configuration Menu

Figure 10-8 shows the System Configuration menu, which has choices to display and change the default state of the reference board on boot. Each menu item is discussed in the following sections.

Figure 10-8. System Configuration Menu

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System Configuration Menu System Information Configure I/O Devices View SCSI Devices Set Boot Devices Set Date and Time Previous Menu Press ↑ ↓ to select item Press Enter to perform action

System Information

The system configuration option shows the hardware configuration of the system at power-up—including processor, installed options, and firmware revision level. A sample screen is shown in Figure 10-9.

Figure 10-9. System Information Screen

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System Configuration

System Processor PowerPC 604 Installed Memory 8 MB Second-Level Cache Not Installed Upgrade Processor Not Installed Boot Firmware Revision 1.0

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Press ↑ ↓ to select item Press Enter to perform action

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Configure I/O Devices

The configure I/O devices option allows the customization of system I/O ports and the sys-tem console. The menu is shown in Figure 10-10. Options are highlighted by using the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard and are changed with the left and right arrow keys.

Options on the menu are discussed below.

Figure 10-10. Device Configuration Screen

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Device Configuration

Select Console Device [S3 Video / Keyboard]

Set Serial Port 1 Speed [ 9600 Baud]

Set Serial Port 2 Speed [ 9600 Baud]

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Press ↑ ↓ to select item Press ← → to change item

Any changes made in I/O device configuration are saved when the Save and Exit option on the main menu is selected. Exiting the system configuration utility in any other manner will cause device configuration changes to be lost.

Select Console Device

The console selection box allows the selection of an option for the system console S Serial Port 1 or 2 Console input and output will be transmitted and received

through a serial port on an adapter card. Console input and out-put will be transmitted and received at the baud rate selected with Serial Port Speed.

S S3 Video/Keyboard Console output will be displayed on a video monitor connected to an S3 PCI video adapter; console input will be received from a keyboard connected to the keyboard connector on the refer-ence board

Set Serial Port 1 or 2 Speed

The serial port speed selection box sets the speed of each serial port. Baud rates for the two serial ports are independent. If a serial port is used as the system console, set this value to match the baud rate of the terminal.

View SCSI Devices

The SCSI devices screen shows the devices found on the SCSI bus during power-on initial-ization. The string shown is the SCSI device’s response to the SCSI inquiry command. Ac-cording to the SCSI specification, this data comprises the manufacturer’s ID, device model number, and device revision level. A sample screen is shown in Figure 10-11.

Figure 10-11. SCSI Devices Screen

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SCSI Devices SCSI Device 0 None SCSI Device 1 None SCSI Device 2 None SCSI Device 3 None SCSI Device 4 None SCSI Device 5 None SCSI Device 6 IBM MXT-540SL H

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Set Boot Devices

The boot devices menu allows the user to select which devices are queried for boot images and in what order they are selected for boot. Allowable selections are one of the two floppy disk drives, any of six SCSI drive ID numbers, either of two IDE disk drives, or no device selected. The default configuration is shown in Figure 10-12. In this configuration, the sys-tem will atsys-tempt to find a boot image on the first floppy disk drive. If this fails, the syssys-tem will attempt to boot from the SCSI device programmed to SCSI ID 6. If this fails, the system will attempt to boot from IDE drive zero (master).

Figure 10-12. Boot Devices Screen

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Boot Device Selection

Set Boot Device 1 [Floppy 1 ] Set Boot Device 2 [SCSI ID 6 ] Set Boot Device 3 [IDE Drive 0 ] Set Boot Device 4 [None ]

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Press ↑ ↓ to select item Press ← → to change item

If the system fails to find a valid boot image (as discussed in Section 10.3) on any of the selected boot devices, or if no boot device is selected, the user will be prompted to enter the configuration menu to select a valid boot device.

Any changes made in boot device selection is saved when the Save and Exit option on the main menu is selected. Exiting the system configuration utility in any other manner will cause boot device changes to be lost.

Set Date and Time

The set date and time screen allows the date and time stored in the battery-backed real time clock to be updated. The screen is shown in Figure 10-13. To change the time, the left and right arrow keys are used to select the digit to modify, and the digit is then typed over with the number keys. The date or time will be updated when Enter or either the up or down arrow is pressed. Changing the date or time is immediate, and is not affected by either the Save and Exit or Exit Without Saving options on the main menu.

Figure 10-13. Set Date and Time Screen

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Set Date and Time

Set Date [03/01/94]

Set Time [11:30:00]

Go to Previous Menu

Press ↑ ↓ to select item Enter data at cursor

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