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2-16 General DescriptionNOTES: Depending on the installed memory capacity, the time taken toaccept F2 may be rather short. If so, press F2 just after the power-on of the server or after the NEC logo appears (Esc may not bepressed). In some setting of the BIOS setup utility, the screen of promptingthe security password appears before the main menu if the passwordis registered. There are two types of passwords, supervisor and userpasswords. If you log on to the system as a supervisor, you can notonly check all the settings but also change them by using the BIOSsetup utility. If you log on to the system as a user, you can onlycheck or change some settings limitedly.The server automatically restarts POST all over again when you exit the BIOS setuputility.4. If your server uses onboard serial ATA (SATA) RAID feature, the following message isdisplayed on the screen to prompt you to run Array Configuration Utility (ARC).Press for Adaptec RAID Configuration UtilityPress Ctrl + A to run ARC. For detail explanation, refer to Chapter 4.5. If the server has an optional RAID controller or SCSI card, POST displays the messageprompting you to launch the RAID configuration utility and the disk array BIOS setuputility.Refer to the manual supplied with the disk array controller for detail instructions.POST will automatically proceed a few seconds later.6. If you set a password entry using the BIOS setup utility, the password entry screenappears upon successful completion of POST.IMPORTANT: Do not set a password before installing an OS.7. The OS starts when POST completes.
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