PowerEdge Utility Partition & Utilities

Resource Configuration Utility (continued)

System Information

The RCU contains detailed information about the system board and the used and available resources. The options for the View additional system information menu category are:

• Board Specifications
• System Specifications
• Used Resources
• Available Resources

The Used Resources and Available Resources options contain detailed information about resources such as IRQs, DMA channels, and I/O ports, which may be useful for resolving resource conflicts.

Set Verification Mode Menu

The settings for the Set verification mode menu category are Automatic (the default) and Manual. When this category is set to Automatic, the RCU automatically checks for resource conflicts and tries to resolve them. This category should be left set to Automatic in most cases.

Maintain SCI Files Menu

Each time the RCU is used to configure the server, the system configuration information is saved in a .sci file and in system memory. The system configuration information should be saved to a backup file that can be used to restore the information if the .sci file is damaged or lost. The options for the Maintain SCI files menu category are Open (the default) and Save As.

The Open option creates a backup file that overwrites the existing configuration. The Save As option allows selection of the file name under which the .sci file will be saved.