Server Management Guide

Server Management Software and Utilities
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On S1400/S1600/S2400/S2600/S4600 platform series:
 When BIOS administrator password is set and it value is “admin@123”
syscfg /bcs “admin@123” “Quiet Boot” 0
syscfg /bcs “admin@123” “Main” “Quiet Boot” 0 “POST Error Pause” 1
syscfg /bcs “admin@123” “system acoustic and performance configuration” “Set throttling mode”
2 “Altitude” 900 “Set fan profile” 2
 When BIOS administrator is not set.
syscfg /bcs "" “Quiet Boot” 0
syscfg /bcs "" “Main” “Quiet Boot” 0 “POST Error Pause” 1
syscfg /bcs "" “system acoustic and performance configuration” “Set throttling mode” 2 “Altitude”
900 “Set fan profile” 2 Intel
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4.1.3 SYSCFG INI file
From Intel
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S5500 server boards, the utility supports saving and restoring BIOS and firmware settings
both in binary and text mode (from a text file, known as INI file). The advantage of using an INI file is
that you can modify and change the values of any of the settings available in the INI file.
From Intel
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S1400/S1600/S2400/S2600/S4600 Serial Platforms, the utility only supports saving and
restoring BIOS and firmware settings in text mode (from a text file, known as INI file).
The advantage of using an INI file is:
To save the BIOS and firmware configuration to an INI file, do the following:
 Boot to one of the supported operating systems on the target system.
 Change directories to the location of the syscfg executable. (This location must be writable to
allow you to save the system configuration.)
– In Microsoft Windows*, Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment*, or EFI, type:
syscfg /s ini filename.ini
– In Linux*, type: ./syscfg /s ini filename.ini
If you have already saved the configuration to a file, use the following procedure to restore the system
to the saved configuration, or set the configuration on identical servers to the saved configuration.
Unlike restoring from a binary file, the advantage of using an INI file is that you can modify and
change the values of any of the settings available in the INI file. In this scenario, the INI file does not
clone servers but provides a mechanism of configuring the same items with different values per
your requirement.
NOTE
For restoring uneditable fields, section name headers and key names should not be edited or deleted
from the INI file.
To restore a configuration with the settings defined in an INI file, do the following:
 Boot the system to one of the supported operating systems.
 Change directories to the directory containing the syscfg executable. (The configuration file saved