Restoring The Default Bios Setup Options; Restarting A System With Faulty Hardware; When The System Is No Longer Responding - NEC Express5800/320Ma User Manual

When the System Is No Longer Responding

Restoring the Default BIOS Setup Options

Restore the BIOS Setup options on a system to their default (factory) settings when the
system does not start with the current settings. The default settings are optimal settings
for the system.
To restore the default BIOS Setup options
1. On the Troubleshoot Server tab, make sure that power to the system is off. Click
Power off server to turn off power to the system.
2. Click Restore default BIOS settings to select it.
3. Optionally, select Normal, the default value, or Boot with faulty hardware. See

"Restarting a System with Faulty Hardware"

with faulty hardware option.
4. Click Power on Server.
5. In the Confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Restarting a System with Faulty Hardware
If your system fails to start because no fully functional pair of CPU and I/O elements is
present, you can force the system to start, if possible, using a CPU element or I/O
element that is only partially functional.
To restart a system with a partially functional CPU or I/O element
1. On the Troubleshoot Server tab, make sure that power to the system is off. Click
Power off server to turn off power to the system.
2. Click Boot with faulty hardware.
3. Click Power on Server.
4. In the Confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Related Topic
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"Restoring the Default BIOS Setup Options"
When the System Is No Longer Responding
When the operating system on an Express5800/320Ma system has been operational
but ceases to respond to user actions, the
state-sensitive recovery
through a set of progressively more severe steps to try to restore the system. See
"Understanding a State-Sensitive Recovery" on page 3-9
SSR.
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system controller
(SSR) to try to restore the operating system. An SSR moves
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