Step 2
| Follow steps
in Configure BIOS Parameters to set the LOM, HBA, and PCIe slots to the
following settings:
-
CDN
Support for VIC—Disabled
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PCI ROM
CLP—Disabled
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PCH SATA
Mode—AHCI
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All
Onboard LOM Ports—Enabled
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LOM Port 1
OptionROM—Disabled
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LOM Port 2
OptionROM—Disabled
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All PCIe
Slots OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe
Slot:1 OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe
Slot:2 OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe Slot:
MLOM OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe
Slot:HBA OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe
Slot:N1 OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe
Slot:N2 OptionROM—Enabled
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PCIe
Slot:HBA Link Speed—GEN3
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Additional
steps need to be taken to setup C-series pod with Intel NIC. In the Intel NIC
testbed, each C-series server has 2, 4-port Intel 710 NIC cards. Ports A, B and
C for each Intel NIC card should be connected to the respective TOR. Also,
ensure that the PCI slot in which the Intel NIC cards are inserted are enabled
in the BIOS setting (BIOS > Configure BIOS >Advanced > LOM and PCI
Slot Configuration -> All PCIe Slots OptionROM-Enabled and enable respective
slots). To identify the slots, check the slot-id information under the
Network-Adapter tab listed under the Inventory link on the CIMC pane. All the
Intel NIC ports should be displayed in the BIOS summary page under the Actual
Boot Order pane, as IBA 40G Slot xyza with Device Type is set to PXE.
In case,
the boot-order for the Intel NICs are not listed as above, the following
one-time manual step needs to be executed to flash the Intel NIC x710 to enable
PXE.
- Boot each server with a
CentOS image.
- Download Intel Ethernet
Flash Firmware Utility (Preboot.tar.gz) for X710 from the above link for Linux
platform:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/software/manageability-products/000005790.html.
- Copy downloaded
PREBOOT.tar to UCS server having X710 card.
mkdir -p /tmp/Intel/
tar xvf PREBOOT.tar -C /tmp/Intel/
cd /tmp/Intel/
cd APPS/BootUtil/Linux_x64
chmod a+x bootutili64e
./bootutili64e –h # help
./bootutili64e # list out the current settings for NIC
./bootutili64e -bootenable=pxe -all
shutdown -r now
# now go with PXE
# Check result of the flash utility (watch out for PXE Enabled on 40GbE interface)
#./bootutil64e
Intel(R) Ethernet Flash Firmware Utility
BootUtil version 1.6.20.1
Copyright (C) 2003-2016 Intel Corporation
Type BootUtil -? for help
Port Network Address Location Series WOL Flash Firmware Version
==== =============== ======== ======= === ============================= =======
1 006BF10829A8 18:00.0 Gigabit YES UEFI,CLP,PXE Enabled,iSCSI 1.5.53
2 006BF10829A8 18:00.1 Gigabit YES UEFI,CLP,PXE Enabled,iSCSI 1.5.53
3 3CFDFEA471F0 10:00.0 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE Enabled,iSCSI 1.0.31
4 3CFDFEA471F1 10:00.1 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE Enabled,iSCSI 1.0.31
5 3CFDFEA471F2 10:00.2 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE,iSCSI -------
6 3CFDFEA471F3 10:00.3 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE,iSCSI -------
7 3CFDFEA47130 14:00.0 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE Enabled,iSCSI 1.0.31
8 3CFDFEA47131 14:00.1 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE Enabled,iSCSI 1.0.31
9 3CFDFEA47132 14:00.2 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE,iSCSI -------
10 3CFDFEA47133 14:00.3 40GbE N/A UEFI,CLP,PXE,iSCSI -------
#
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