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Document ID: DDSE-42CSK4

Netfinity 3000 - Advanced Setup

Applicable to: World-Wide

Advanced Setup
Select Advanced Setup to change values for advanced hardware features, such as cache control, ROM shadowing, PCI control, Plug and Play control, and microprocessor control.

Attention The system might not operate properly if these options are configured incorrectly. Follow the instructions on the screen carefully.

Use the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key to select a menu choice.

Cache Control
Select this choice to define the microprocessor cache state as enabled or disabled.

ROM Shadowing
Select this choice to enable or disable ROM shadowing in specified areas. When these areas are enabled, the contents can be cached, using the Cache Control option. These areas are hexadecimal address ranges. One of these areas is reserved for the system BIOS address space.

PCI Control
Select this choice to control features associated with PCI devices, such as PCI Adapter Reset, PCI Parity, PCI Bus Master, Multimedia Devices, and various types of adapters.

Plug and Play Control
Select this choice to control features associated with Plug and Play devices, such as Set Device Node, Address Decode, and Plug and Play Operating System.

Select Set Device Node to control the device node. When you change this value to Disabled, the system cannot update the configuration during POST.

Processor Control
Select this choice to control features associated with the microprocessors, such as Processor 0 ID and Processor Updating.

ISA Legacy Resources
Plug and Play is a configuration method that makes expanding the server easier. Support for Plug and Play is built into the system board of the server.

If an adapter is Plug and Play, there are no switches or jumpers that must be set on the adapter. A Plug and Play adapter comes with configuration specifications set in memory to provide installation information to the server during startup. When you install or remove Plug and Play adapters, this information is interpreted by the BIOS, which supports Plug and Play technology. If the required resources are available, the BIOS software automatically configures the adapter around the resources already in use by other devices.

Most adapters designed for PCI slots are Plug and Play devices that are auto-configuring. However, many ISA adapters are not Plug and Play devices. These adapters are known as legacy adapters. If you install a legacy adapter, you must manually configure it by setting switches or jumpers on the adapter, and by allocating or reserving the system resources that the adapter will use.

Note See "Configuration Conflicts" for information about handling resource conflicts.

Select ISA Legacy Resources to identify the available system resources:
- Memory
- I/O ports
- DMA
- Interrupt

Note The menus do not contain resources that are used by the system or by previously installed Plug and Play adapters.

To store the legacy resource information for an installed adapter:

1. Select ISA Legacy Resources; then, use the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key to highlight the system resource that you want to change.
2. Select a resource; then, use the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key to select a configuration choice.

If you remove an ISA legacy adapter, you must redefine the system resource as Available.

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	Document Category	Configuration
	Date Created	18-11-98
	Last Updated	23-11-98
	Revision Date	18-11-99
	Brand	IBM PC Server
	Product Family	Netfinity 3000
	Machine Type	8476
	Model	ALL
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