User manual MSI MS-9238 V1.1

[. . . ] X2-107 Series MS-9238 1U Rackmount Server G52-92381X2 i Copyright Notice T he material in this document is the intellec tual property of M ICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. W e take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice. Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] Security Use this menu to set Supervisor and User Passwords. Power Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. PC Health This entry monitors your hardware health status. Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices. Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes. 3-4 BIOS Setup Main System Time (hh:mm:ss) The time format is <Hour> <Minute> <Second>. System Date (mm:dd:yy) The date format is <Month> <Date> <Year>. Legacy Diskette A This setting allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, SATA Port 1/2/3/4 [Type] Press <+> or <-> to select [Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to define your own drive type manually. [Multi-Sector Transfers] Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block [LBA Mode Control] Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders, Heads and Sectors [32-Bit I/O] Enables 32-bit communication between CPU and IDE card 3-5 M S-9238 Server [Tranfer Mode] [Ultra DMA Mode] Selects the method for transferring the data between the hard disk and system memory Indicates the type of Ultra DMA Boot Features The sub-menu is used to configure system boot-up features. Floppy Check This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time. W hen enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process. The drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and forth once. Summary Screen Selecting [Enabled] displays system summary screen during boot up. QuickBoot M ode Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items. 3-6 BIOS Setup System Information Press <Enter> to view the hardware specifications of your system. System M emory, Extended M emory These items show the memory status of the system. (Read-only) 3-7 M S-9238 Server Advanced Reset Configuration Data Select [Yes] if you want to clear the Extended System configuration Data (ESCD) area. Large Disk Access M ode Defaulting this setting to [DOS] will create a Translated FDPT. Compatible ill-behaved applications will operate correctly when [DOS] is selected. Setting to [Other] will create a Standard FDPT. Incompatible ill-behaved applications will function correctly with [Other]. 3-8 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Control Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: USB Host Controller This setting disables/enables the onboard USB host controller. IOAT Support This field enables Intel I/O Acceleration Technology which transfers data more efficiently. [. . . ] All available SCSI HDDs are displayed, with their Status identified as Free. Press the <C> key to create RAID. C-9 M S-9238 Server 3. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level (RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10) best suited to your usage. 4. Use the <Space> key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then click <Enter> to finish selection. C-10 SCSI BIOS 5. [. . . ]