Boot Options BIOS Settings

Boot Options BIOS Settings

The following table lists the boot options BIOS settings that you can configure through a BIOS policy or the default BIOS settings:

Name

Description

Supported Attributes

Version

Platform

Values

Dependencies

Number of Retries

Number of attempts to boot.

4.1(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C480 M5

Infinite. 13, 5

  • Infinite—The system attempts all configured boot options and repeats until the system boots or is interrupted manually.

  • 5, 13—The system attempts all configured boot options and repeats the selected number of times until the system boots or is interrupted. If all attempts fail, the system prompts to continue. Value 13 is the default value for Cisco UCS B200 M5 and 5 is the default value for Cisco UCS B480 M5.

Applicable only when Boot Option Retry is Enabled.

Cool Down Time (sec)

The time to wait (in seconds) before the next boot attempt. This can be one of the following:

4.1(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C480 M5

15 sec, 45 sec, 90 sec

  • 15, 45, 90—System waits for the selected time in seconds before the next boot attempt.

Applicable only when Boot Option Retry is Enabled.

Boot Option Retry

Whether the BIOS retries NON-EFI based boot options without waiting for user input.

4.1(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C480 M5

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—Waits for user input before retrying NON-EFI based boot options.

  • Enabled—Continually retries NON-EFI based boot options without waiting for user input.

IPV4 HTTP Support

Enables or disables IPv4 support for HTTP.

4.2(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C125 M5, B200 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, X210c M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7, C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8, C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X410c M8, XE1X0M8

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—IPv4 HTTP support is not available.

  • Enabled—IPv4 HTTP support is made available.

The Network Stack token value should be Enabled.
IPV6 HTTP Support

Enables or disables IPv6 support for HTTP.

4.2(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C125 M5, B200 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, X210c M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7, C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8, C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X410c M8, XE1X0M8

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—IPv6 HTTP support is not available.

  • Enabled—IPv6 HTTP support is made available.

The Network Stack token value should be Enabled.
IPV4 PXE Support

Enables or disables IPv4 support for PXE.

4.2(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C125 M5, B200 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, X210c M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7, C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X410c M8, XE1X0M8

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—IPv4 PXE support is not available.

  • Enabled—IPv4 PXE support is made available.

IPV6 PXE Support

Enables or disables IPv6 support for PXE.

4.2(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C125 M5, B200 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, X210c M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7, C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X410c M8, XE1X0M8

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—IPv6 PXE support is not available.

  • Enabled—IPv6 PXE support is made available.

The Network Stack token value should be Enabled.
Network Stack

This option allows you to enable or disable the complete network style of the system.

4.1(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C125 M5, B200 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, X210c M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7, C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X410c M8, XE1X0M8

Disabled,Enabled

  • Disabled—Network Stack support is not available.

  • Enabled—Network Stack support is available.

When disabled, the value set for IPV6 PXE, IPV4HTTP, and IPV6HTTP Support does not impact the system.

Power ON Password

This token requires that you set a BIOS password before using the F2 BIOS configuration. If enabled, password needs to be validated before you access BIOS functions such as IO configuration, BIOS set up, and booting to an operating system using BIOS.

4.1(1) and later

C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5, C220 M6, C240 M6, C245 M6, C225 M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, C225 M8, C245 M8, C220 M8, C240 M8, XE1X0M8

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—Power On Password is disabled.

  • Enabled—Power On Password is enabled.

P-SATA OptionROM

This options allows you to select the P-SATA mode.

4.1(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5

Disabled, LSI SW RAID, AHCI

  • Disabled—P-SATA mode is disabled

  • LSI SW RAID—Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to RAID mode for LSI SW RAID.

  • AHCI—The controller enables the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and disables RAID.

SATA Mode

This options allows you to select the SATA mode.

4.1(1) and later

B200 M5, B480 M5, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5

AHCI, LSISW RAID, Disabled

  • Disabled—SATA mode is disabled

  • LSI SW RAID—Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to RAID mode for LSI SW RAID

  • AHCI—The controller enables the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and disables RAID.

VMD Enablement

Whether NVMe SSDs that are connected to the PCIe bus can be hot swapped. It also standardizes the LED status light on these drives. LED status lights can be optionally programmed to display specific Failure indicator patterns.

4.1(1) and later

C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, B200 M5, B480 M5,B200 M6, C220 M6, C240 M6, X210c M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7, C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X410c M8

Disabled, Enabled

  • Disabled—Hot swap of NVMe SSDs that are connected to the PCIe bus is not allowed.

  • Enabled—Hot swap of NVMe SSDs that are connected to the PCIe bus is allowed.

Note

 

Not applicable for XE1X0M8.