Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Service Manual

This section describes how to view and/or modify the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) settings on the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers. The BIOS Setup utility reports system information and can be used to configure the server BIOS settings.

BIOS has a Setup utility stored in the BIOS flash memory. The configured data is provided with context-sensitive Help and is stored in the system's battery-backed CMOS RAM. If the configuration stored in the CMOS RAM is invalid, the BIOS settings default to the original state specified at the factory.

The following topics are covered:

• Using BIOS Setup Utility Menu Items
• BIOS Setup Screens Overview
• BIOS Setup Utility Menu Screens
• Default BIOS Power-On Self-Test (POST) Events
• BIOS POST F1 and F2 Errors
• Ethernet Port Device and Driver Naming

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E.1 Using BIOS Setup Utility Menu Items

You can access BIOS Setup utility screens from the following interfaces:

• Use a USB keyboard, mouse, and VGA monitor connected directly to the server.
• Use a terminal (or terminal emulator connected to a computer) through the serial port on the back panel of the server.
• Connect to the server using the Sun ILOM Remote Console.

To access BIOS configuration screens and to change the system’s parameters, complete the following steps:

1. Power on or power cycle the server.

2. To enter the BIOS Setup utility, press the F2 key while the system is performing the power-on self-test (POST) FIGURE E-1).

FIGURE E-1 Press F2 to Run Setup Prompt

When BIOS is started, the main BIOS Setup utility top-level screen appears (FIGURE E-2). This screen provides seven menu options across the top of the screen.

FIGURE E-2 BIOS Setup Utility - Main Screen

3. Use the left and right arrow keys to select the different menu options.

As you select each menu option, the top-level screen for that menu option appears.

4. To select an option on a top-level screen, use the up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down the options presented.

Only options that can be modified are highlighted when you press the up and down arrow keys.

• If a field can be modified, as you select the option, user instructions for modifying the option appear in the right column of the screen.
• If a field is a link to a sub-screen, instructions to press the Enter key to access the sub screen appear in the right column.

5. Modify the setup field and press the Esc key to save the changes and exit the screen.

Some screens present a confirmation dialog box that enables unwanted changes to be retracted.

6. On sub-screens that only provide configuration information and cannot be modified, press the Esc key to exit the screen.

7. To continue modifying other setup parameters, repeat Step 3 through Step 6. Otherwise, go to Step 8.

8. Press and release the right arrow key until the Exit menu screen appears.

9. Follow the instructions on the Exit menu screen to save or discard your changes and exit the BIOS Setup utility.

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E.2 BIOS Setup Screens Overview

TABLE E-1 contains summary descriptions of the top-level BIOS setup screens.

See BIOS Setup Utility Menu Screens for examples of each of these screens.

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E.3 BIOS Setup Utility Menu Screens

The following figures show sample Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers BIOS Setup utility screens.

All settings are set to the optimal defaults at startup.

The following topics are covered:

• BIOS Main Menu Screens
• BIOS Advanced Menu Screens
• BIOS PCI Menu Screens
• BIOS Boot Menu Screens
• BIOS Security Menu Screens
• BIOS Chipset Menu Screens
• BIOS Exit Menu Screens

E.3.1 BIOS Main Menu Screens

The BIOS Main screens provide general product information, including BIOS, processor, system memory, and system time/date.

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers have the following BIOS Main screens.

FIGURE E-3 BIOS Setup Utility: Main - System Overview

FIGURE E-4 BIOS Setup Utility: Main - Serial Number Information

E.3.2 BIOS Advanced Menu Screens

The BIOS Advanced screens provide detailed configuration information for the CPU, memory, IDE, Super IO, trusted computing, USB, PCI, MPS and other system information.

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers have the following BIOS Advanced screens.

FIGURE E-5 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Advanced Settings

FIGURE E-6 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Configure Advanced CPU Settings

FIGURE E-7 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - On-board SATA Configuration

FIGURE E-8 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - AHCI Port 0 Configuration

FIGURE E-9 BIOS Setup Utility: Advance - ACPI Settings

FIGURE E-10 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Advanced ACPI Configuration

FIGURE E-11 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Event Logging Details

FIGURE E-12 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - View Event Log

FIGURE E-13 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - IPMI Configuration

FIGURE E-14 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - LAN Configuration

FIGURE E-15 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Total Number of Entries

FIGURE E-16 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Intel VT-d Configuration

FIGURE E-17 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - MPS Configuration

FIGURE E-18 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Configure Remote Access Type and Parameters

FIGURE E-19 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - Trusted Computing Configuration

FIGURE E-20 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - USB Configuration

FIGURE E-21 BIOS Setup Utility: Advanced - USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

E.3.3 BIOS PCI Menu Screens

The BIOS PCI screen enables you to configure the server to clear NVRAM during system boot.

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers have the following BIOS PCI screen.

FIGURE E-22 BIOS Setup Utility: PCI - Advanced PCI Settings

E.3.4 BIOS Boot Menu Screens

The BIOS Boot screens enable you to configure the boot device priority (storage drives and the DVD-ROM drive).

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers have the following BIOS Boot screens.

FIGURE E-23 BIOS Setup Utility: Boot - Boot Settings

FIGURE E-24 BIOS Setup Utility: Boot - Boot Settings Configuration

FIGURE E-25 BIOS Setup Utility: Boot - Boot Device Priority

FIGURE E-26 BIOS Setup Utility: Boot - Option ROM Configuration

FIGURE E-27 BIOS Setup Utility: Boot - Wake On LAN Configuration

E.3.5 BIOS Security Menu Screens

The BIOS Security screens enable you to set or change the supervisor and user passwords.

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers have one BIOS Security screen.

FIGURE E-28 BIOS Setup Utility: Security - Security Settings

E.3.6 BIOS Chipset Menu Screens

The BIOS Chipset screens enable you to set the chipset parameters.

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers have the following BIOS Chipset screens.

FIGURE E-29 BIOS Setup Utility: Chipset - Advanced Chipset Settings

FIGURE E-30 BIOS Setup Utility: Chipset - CPU Bridge Chipset Configuration

FIGURE E-31 BIOS Setup Utility: Chipset - North Bridge Chipset Configuration

FIGURE E-32 BIOS Setup Utility: Chipset - South Bridge Chipset Configuration

E.3.7 BIOS Exit Menu Screens

The BIOS Exit options enable you to save changes and exit, discard changes and exit, discard changes, or load optimal defaults (FIGURE E-33).

To select and execute an option, follow these steps:

1. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down the BIOS Exit options.

2. Press Enter to select the option.

A confirmation dialog box appears (see FIGURE E-34) that enables you to save or cancel the changes and exit the Setup utility.

FIGURE E-33 BIOS Setup Utility: Exit - Exit Options - Save Changes and Exit

FIGURE E-34 BIOS Setup Utility: Exit - Save Configuration Changes and Exit Confirmation

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E.4 Default BIOS Power-On Self-Test (POST) Events

At system startup, the BIOS performs a power-on self-test that checks the hardware on your server to ensure that all components are present and functioning properly. TABLE E-2 identifies the events that can occur during BIOS POST, as well as specifies whether these event can prevent the host from powering-on.

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E.5 BIOS POST F1 and F2 Errors

Each power-on-self-test (POST) diagnostic is a low-level test designed to pinpoint faults in a specific hardware component. If the POST diagnostics discloses an F1 or F2 error, it typically reports the following information about the error:

• Type of error detected
• When or where the error occurred

TABLE E-4 lists some of the F1 and F2 error messages that could appear during the POST diagnostics along with instructions for how to possibly resolve the error reported.

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E.6 Ethernet Port Device and Driver Naming

The server supports four 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports on the rear of the chassis. For port locations, see FIGURE 1-2.

The device naming for the Ethernet interfaces is reported differently by different interfaces and operating systems. See TABLE E-3 for the physical (BIOS) and logical (operating system) naming conventions used for each interface.

^{1 (TableFootnote) If you are using the XEN kernel in RHEl 5, there will be XEN bridge devices associated with each logical port. The ports for these bridge devices will be named xenbrn, where n is 0-3.}

^{2 (TableFootnote) If you are using the XEN kernel in OEL 5, there will be XEN bridge devices associated with each logical port. The ports for these bridge devices will be named xenbrn, where n is 0-3.}

^{3 (TableFootnote) If you are using the XEN kernel in SLES 10 or SLES 11, there will be XEN bridge devices associated with each logical port. The ports for these bridge devices will be named xenbrn, where n is 0-3.}

^{4 (TableFootnote) For VMware, the Ethernet port that the user assigns to the service console will be vmnic0. Other ports are mapped by ascending order of the PCI bus enumerations.}

Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Service Manual

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