Bios Setup Utility (Setup); Overview; Starting And Exiting Setup Utility; Starting Setup - NEC express5800 A2010b User Manual

Chapter 3 Setup
4.

BIOS Setup Utility (SETUP)

This section describes how to configure Basic Input Output System (BIOS).
Before you install the server and add or remove optional devices, make sure you have read and understood
this section to configure properly.
4.1

Overview

BIOS Setup Utility (SETUP) is a utility to configure BIOS of the server. This utility is installed in a flash memory
in the server as standard and can be run without requiring a media for boot.
Use SETUP only when the case applies to any of cases described in Chapter 3 (4.4 Cases that Require
Configuration).
4.2

Starting and Exiting SETUP Utility

4.2.1 Starting SETUP

Run POST following Chapter 3 (3.1.1 POST flow).
After a while, the following message will be displayed on the lower left of the screen.
Press <F2> SETUP, ... (The rest of message depends on system environment.)
If you press <F2> key at this time, SETUP runs and displays Main menu upon completion of POST.
Note

4.2.2 Exiting SETUP

To exit SETUP after saving parameters, select Save & Exit → Save Changes and Exit.
To exit SETUP without saving parameters, select Save & Exit → Discard Changes and Exit.
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If Maintenance Mode is enabled, pressing the function key does not launch the feature.
The boot device selection screen is displayed automatically. <F2> key message is not
displayed, and a message "The system is in Maintenance Mode." is displayed instead.
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4. BIOS Setup Utility (SETUP)