H3C Servers Purley Platform BIOS User Guide
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Software version: BIOS-1.00.51 or higher Document version: 6W102-20191010
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This preface includes the following topics about the documentation: • Audience. • Conventions. • Documentation feedback. Audience
This documentation is intended for: • Network planners. • Field technical support and servicing engineers. • Server administrators working with the G3 Server. Conventions
The following information describes the conventions used in the documentation. Command conventions
Convention Description Boldface Bold text represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown. Italic Italic text represents arguments that you replace with actual values. [ ] Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are optional. Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from which { x | y | ... } you select one. Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars, [ x | y | ... ] from which you select one or none. Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical { x | y | ... } * bars, from which you select a minimum of one. Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by vertical [ x | y | ... ] * bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none. The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&) sign &<1-n> can be entered 1 to n times. # A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.
GUI conventions
Convention Description Window names, button names, field names, and menu items are in Boldface. For Boldface example, the New User window opens; click OK. Multi-level menus are separated by angle brackets. For example, File > Create > > Folder.
Symbols
Convention Description An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed WARNING! can result in personal injury. An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed CAUTION: can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software.
IMPORTANT: An alert that calls attention to essential information. NOTE: An alert that contains additional or supplementary information.
TIP: An alert that provides helpful information.
Network topology icons
Convention Description
Represents a generic network device, such as a router, switch, or firewall.
Represents a routing-capable device, such as a router or Layer 3 switch.
Represents a generic switch, such as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch, or a router that supports Layer 2 forwarding and other Layer 2 features.
Represents an access controller, a unified wired-WLAN module, or the access controller engine on a unified wired-WLAN switch.
Represents an access point.
T Represents a wireless terminator unit.
T Represents a wireless terminator.
Represents a mesh access point.
Represents omnidirectional signals.
Represents directional signals.
Represents a security product, such as a firewall, UTM, multiservice security gateway, or load balancing device.
Represents a security module, such as a firewall, load balancing, NetStream, SSL VPN, IPS, or ACG module.
Examples provided in this document Examples in this document might use devices that differ from your device in hardware model, configuration, or software version. It is normal that the port numbers, sample output, screenshots, and other information in the examples differ from what you have on your device. Documentation feedback
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Contents
1 BIOS overview ··········································································· 1-1
2 Configuring basic BIOS settings ····················································· 2-1 Entering the BIOS setup utility ··································································································· 2-1 Displaying processor information ································································································ 2-3 Displaying memory information ·································································································· 2-4 Displaying onboard drive information ··························································································· 2-5 Displaying HDM network information ··························································································· 2-6 Setting HDM network information ······························································································· 2-7 Configuring the BIOS passwords ································································································ 2-9 Restrictions and guidelines ································································································· 2-9 Setting the administrator password····················································································· 2-10 Setting the user password ································································································ 2-12 Deleting BIOS passwords ································································································ 2-14 Setting the system date and time ······························································································ 2-17 Setting the BIOS boot mode ···································································································· 2-18 Setting the server boot order ··································································································· 2-18 Configuring RAID ·················································································································· 2-20 Restoring BIOS default settings ······························································································· 2-20 3 BIOS menus ·············································································· 3-1 Main menu ···························································································································· 3-1 Advanced menu ····················································································································· 3-3 Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU submenu ················································································· 3-5 Driver Health submenu ···································································································· 3-17 Trusted Computing submenu ···························································································· 3-17 ACPI Settings submenu ··································································································· 3-22 Serial Port Console Redirection submenu ············································································ 3-22 Slot x:Port x ·················································································································· 3-28 PCI Subsystem Settings submenu ····················································································· 3-30 Network Stack Configuration submenu················································································ 3-31 CSM Configuration submenu ···························································································· 3-32 NVMe Configuration submenu ·························································································· 3-33 USB Configuration submenu ····························································································· 3-35 Platform Configuration menu ··································································································· 3-37 PCH Configuration submenu ···························································································· 3-38 Miscellaneous Configuration submenu ················································································ 3-44 Server ME Configuration submenu ····················································································· 3-46 Runtime Error Logging submenu ······················································································· 3-47 Socket Configuration menu ····································································································· 3-56 Processor Configuration submenu ····················································································· 3-57 Common RefCode Configuration submenu ·········································································· 3-60 UPI Configuration submenu ······························································································ 3-62 Memory Configuration submenu ························································································ 3-64 IIO Configuration menu ···································································································· 3-72 Advanced Power Management Configuration submenu ·························································· 3-81 Server Management menu ······································································································ 3-88 Security menu ····················································································································· 3-101 Boot menu ·························································································································· 3-106 Save & Exit menu ················································································································ 3-116 4 Mapping relations of PCH SATA/sSATA ports and drive backplane ports 4-1 H3C UniServer R4900 G3 server ······························································································· 4-1 8LFF HDDs ····················································································································· 4-1 8LFF HDDs and 4LFF NVMe SSDs······················································································ 4-1 8SFF HDDs ···················································································································· 4-1 8SFF HDDs and 8SFF NVMe SSDs ····················································································· 4-2
i H3C UniServer R4700 G3 server ······························································································· 4-2 4LFF HDDs ····················································································································· 4-2 4LFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs ······························································································ 4-2 4SFF NVMe SSDs and 4SFF HDDs ····················································································· 4-3 8SFF HDDs ···················································································································· 4-3 8SFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs ······························································································ 4-3 8SFF NVMe SSDs and 2SFF HDDs ····················································································· 4-4 H3C UniServer R2900 G3 server ······························································································· 4-4 8LFF HDDs ····················································································································· 4-4 12LFF HDDs ··················································································································· 4-4 12LFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs ···························································································· 4-5 8LFF HDDs and 4LFF NVMe SSDs······················································································ 4-5 8SFF HDDs ···················································································································· 4-5 8SFF HDDs and 8SFF NVMe SSDs ····················································································· 4-5 H3C UniServer R2700 G3 server ······························································································· 4-6 4LFF HDDs ····················································································································· 4-6 4LFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs ······························································································ 4-6 4SFF NVMe SSDs and 4SFF HDDs ····················································································· 4-6 8SFF HDDs ···················································································································· 4-6 8SFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs ······························································································ 4-7 8SFF NVMe SSDs and 2SFF HDDs ····················································································· 4-7 5 Acronyms and abbreviations ························································· 5-1
ii 1 BIOS overview
Basic Input and Output System (BIOS) is a non-volatile firmware stored in the system ROM of a server. It is used to perform hardware initialization during server booting and provide runtime services for the operating systems. As shown in Figure 1-1, the BIOS interacts between the server hardware and the operating system (OS). Figure 1-1 Layered architecture of a server system
This document is applicable to the following products: • H3C UniServer R4900 G3. • H3C UniServer R4700 G3. • H3C UniServer R2900 G3. • H3C UniServer R2700 G3.
NOTE: • The information in this document is subject to change over time. For the most up-to-date information, contact H3C Support. • You can access the H3C website to obtain the most recent version of the BIOS.
1-1 2 Configuring basic BIOS settings
This section provides procedures for the following tasks: • Entering the BIOS setup utility. • Displaying processor information. • Displaying memory information. • Displaying onboard drive information. • Displaying HDM network information. • Setting HDM network information. • Configuring the BIOS passwords. • Setting the system date and time. • Setting the BIOS boot mode. • Setting the server boot order. • Configuring RAID. • Restoring BIOS default settings. Entering the BIOS setup utility
1. Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the server or enable the remote console from the HDM Web interface. For information about enabling the remote console, see HDM online help. 2. Start or restart the server. 3. Enter the BIOS password if required during boot-up, as shown in Figure 2-1. By default, no BIOS passwords are set. For information about BIOS password setup, see "Configuring the BIOS passwords."
NOTE: • If you enter an incorrect password for three consecutive times, the server will restart automatically. • To clear BIOS password settings, power off the server, jump pins 2 and 3 of system maintenance switch 2 on the server's system board, and then power on the server. For more information about the location of the system maintenance switch, see the user guide for the server.
2-1 Figure 2-1 Entering the BIOS password
4. Press Del or Esc when the BIOS startup screen opens, as shown in Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2 BIOS startup screen
5. On the BIOS setup utility screen that opens, follow the instructions at the lower-right side of the screen to configure BIOS settings, as shown in Figure 2-3. Table 2-1 shows detailed information about the operation keys.
2-2 Figure 2-3 BIOS setup utility screen
Table 2-1 Operation keys
Key Description →← Select a screen.
↑↓ Select an item or a submenu.
Enter Select an item to edit its value or access a submenu. +/- Change the field value of the selected item. ESC Exit the BIOS setup utility or return to the previous screen. F1 Display the general help window. F2 Load previous values in BIOS. F3 Load default values in BIOS. F4 Save the current configuration and exit BIOS.
Displaying processor information
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Socket Configuration > Processor Configuration, and press Enter. The Processor Configuration submenu that opens displays detailed information about processors, as shown in Figure 2-4.
2-3 For more information about the Processor Configuration submenu, see "Processor Configuration submenu." Figure 2-4 Processor Configuration screen
Displaying memory information
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Socket Configuration > Memory Configuration, and press Enter. The Memory Configuration submenu that opens displays memory capacity and frequency information, as shown in Figure 2-5. For more information about the Memory Configuration submenu, see "Memory Configuration submenu."
2-4 Figure 2-5 Memory Configuration submenu
3. Select Memory Topology, and press Enter. The screen that opens displays detailed information about each DIMM. Displaying onboard drive information
Both the PCH SATA Configuration and PCH sSATA Configuration submenus display onboard drive information. This example uses the PCH SATA Configuration submenu. For more information about the submenus, see "PCH Configuration submenu." To display drive information: 1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Platform Configuration > PCH Configuration > PCH SATA Configuration, and press Enter. The PCH SATA Configuration submenu that opens displays drive information, as shown in Figure 2-6.
2-5 Figure 2-6 PCH SATA Configuration submenu
Displaying HDM network information
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Server Management > HDM Network Configuration, and press Enter. The HDM Network Configuration submenu that opens displays HDM network configuration information, as shown in Figure 2-7.
2-6 Figure 2-7 HDM Network Configuration screen
Setting HDM network information
Perform this task to configure the IP address, subnet mask, and router IP address of HDM network ports and the method of obtaining the network information. Restrictions and guidelines The HDM Network Configuration submenu content varies by bond mode setting. • Enabled—Displays network information about the HDM bonding network port. • Disabled—Displays network information about the HDM shared network port and HDM dedicated network port. To avoid network storms, make sure the IP address of the HDM shared network port is on a network segment different than the HDM dedicated network port. The submenu items are the same for all HDM network ports. Procedure This example describes how to set network information for the HDM shared network port and HDM dedicated network port. To set HDM network information: 1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Server Management > HDM Network Configuration, and press Enter. The HDM Network Configuration submenu that opens displays HDM network configuration information, as shown in Figure 2-8.
2-7 Figure 2-8 HDM Network Configuration submenu
3. Select Configuration Address Source for the HDM shared network port or the HDM dedicated network port. Then, press Enter. 4. In the dialog box that opens, select the method for obtaining HDM network information. Options are:
{ Unspecified—Retains current configuration.
{ Static—Uses manually specified configuration.
{ DynamicHdmDhcp—Uses network information obtained through DHCP.
2-8 Figure 2-9 Configuration Address Source dialog box
5. Press Enter. If you select Static as the method for obtaining HDM network information, edit the following items and press Enter every time you finish editing:
{ Station IP Address—Enter a static IP address. This item is required.
{ Subnet Mask—Enter a subnet mask for the static IP address. This item is required.
{ Router IP Address—Enter a gateway IP address.
{ Router MAC Address—Enter a gateway MAC address. 6. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Configuring the BIOS passwords
BIOS passwords include an administrator password and a user password. By default, no passwords are set. The system prompts for a password at user login and grants user or administrator privileges to the login user according to the entered password. Restrictions and guidelines
To prevent unauthorized access and changes to the BIOS settings, set different BIOS user and BIOS administrator passwords for the server. When you change a BIOS password, make sure the new password is different from the most recent three passwords. The BIOS passwords must meet the following requirements: • A case-sensitive string of 8 to 20 characters. Valid characters are letters, digits, spaces, and special characters in Table 2-2.
2-9 • Contain a minimum of two character types from uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits. • Contain a minimum of one space or special character. Table 2-2 Special characters
Character name Symbol Character name Symbol Back quote ` Tilde ~ Exclamation point ! At sign @ Pound sign # Dollar sign $ Percent sign % Caret ^
Ampersand sign & Asterisk * Left parenthesis ( Right parenthesis ) Underscore _ Plus sign + Minus sign - Equal sign =
Left bracket [ Right bracket ] Back slash \ Left brace { Right brace } Vertical bar | Semi-colon ; Apostrophe ' Colon : Quotation marks " Comma , Dot . Forward slash / Left angle bracket < Right angle bracket > Question mark ?
Setting the administrator password
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Security > Administrator Password, and press Enter.
2-10 Figure 2-10 Setting the administrator password
3. In the Create New Password dialog box that opens, enter an administrator password, and press Enter. Figure 2-11 Creating an administrator password
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4. In the Confirm New Password dialog box that opens, enter the password again, and press Enter. Figure 2-12 Confirming the administrator password
5. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Setting the user password
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Security > User Password, and press Enter.
2-12 Figure 2-13 Setting the user password
3. In the Create New Password dialog box that opens, enter a user password, and press Enter. Figure 2-14 Creating a user password
2-13 4. In the Confirm New Password dialog box that opens, enter the password again, and press Enter. Figure 2-15 Confirming the user password
5. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Deleting BIOS passwords
The procedure for deleting the administrator password and user password is the same. This section uses the administrator password as an example. To delete the administrator password: 1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Security > Administrator Password, and press Enter.
2-14 Figure 2-16 Selecting the administrator password
3. In the Enter Current Password dialog box that opens, enter the current administrator password, and press Enter. Figure 2-17 Entering the current administrator password
2-15 4. Press Enter when the Create New Password dialog box opens as shown in Figure 2-18. Figure 2-18 Deleting the administrator password
5. In the WARNING dialog box that opens, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 2-19 Confirming the deletion
2-16 6. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Setting the system date and time
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select the Main menu. Figure 2-20 Main menu
3. Set the system date: a. Select System Date. The system date is in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. b. Press Enter to switch among the month, day, and year fields and use the following methods to modify the value: − Press + to increase the value by 1. − Press – to decrease the value by 1. − Press numeric keys to enter a new value. 4. Set the system time: a. Select System Time. The system time uses the 24-hour time system and is in the format of hh:mm:ss. b. Press Enter to switch among the hour, minute, and second fields and use the following methods to modify the value: − Press + to increase the value by 1. − Press – to decrease the value by 1. − Press numeric keys to enter a new value.
2-17 5. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Setting the BIOS boot mode
About BIOS boot modes The server supports two BIOS boot modes: legacy mode and UEFI mode. By default, the boot mode is UEFI. For operating systems that support only the legacy mode, change the boot mode to legacy. Procedure 1. Enter the BIOS setup screen. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Select Boot > Boot mode select, and press Enter. 3. In the Boot mode select dialog box that opens, select LEGACY or UEFI, and press Enter. Figure 2-21 Setting the BIOS boot mode
4. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Setting the server boot order
Restrictions and guidelines If the server has more than one boot devices of the same type, the Fixed Boot Order Priorities list displays only the first boot device. To change the first boot device, select the corresponding priorities submenu below the Fixed Boot Order Priorities list in the Boot screen. Procedure 1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility."
2-18 2. Select the Boot menu. The Fixed Boot Order Priorities list shows the order in which the server attempts to boot from boot devices. The default boot order is hard disk > network > USB hard disk > USB CD/DVD > USB key > USB floppy > CD/DVD > UEFI AP as shown in Figure 2-22. Figure 2-22 Boot menu
NOTE: The UEFI AP is the embedded UEFI Shell. This option is displayed only when the UEFI boot mode is used. By default, UEFI Shell is disabled. To enable UEFI Shell, select UEFI Application Boot Priorities, and then select UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell.
3. Select the option to be modified from the Fixed Boot Order Priorities area, and press Enter. 4. In the dialog box that opens, select a new boot device type, and press Enter.
2-19 Figure 2-23 Changing a boot option
5. Press F4 to save the configuration. The server will restart automatically. Configuring RAID
For information about RAID configuration, see the storage controller user guide for the server. Restoring BIOS default settings
1. Enter the BIOS setup utility. For more information, see "Entering the BIOS setup utility." 2. Press F3 in the BIOS, or select Save & Exit > Restore Defaults and press Enter as shown in Figure 2-24.
2-20 Figure 2-24 Restoring the default from the Save & Exit menu
2-21 3 BIOS menus Main menu
As shown in Figure 3-1, the Main menu contains information about the BIOS, memory, system language, and system time and date. For more information about the menu items, see Table 3-1. Figure 3-1 Main menu screen
Table 3-1 Items on the Main menu screen
Item Description Default BIOS Information BIOS Vendor Displays the BIOS vendor. N/A Core Version Displays the BIOS core version. N/A Compliancy Displays the standard with which the BIOS is compliant. N/A Project Name Displays the project name. N/A Product Name Displays the server model. N/A BIOS Version Displays the BIOS version. N/A Displays the universally unique identifier (UUID) of the System Uuid N/A system. Asset Tag Displays the asset tag of the server. N/A
3-1 Item Description Default Build Date and Time Displays the date and time of the BIOS build. N/A Displays the current user's access level, Administrator or User. Access Level N/A For more information about BIOS access levels, see "Security menu." Platform Information Platform Displays the platform type. N/A Processor Displays the CPU model. N/A PCH Displays the platform controller hub (PCH) model. N/A RC Revision Displays the RC version. N/A Memory Information Total Memory Displays the total memory capacity of the system. N/A Displays the current memory frequency. Current Memory N/A Frequency For information about changing the memory frequency, see "Memory Configuration submenu." Other items Displays the language used in the system. System Language The BIOS supports English and simplified Chinese. English To switch between the languages, press Enter. Modify the asset tag of the server, as shown in Figure Modify Asset Tag N/A 3-2. Displays the system date. You can change the system date as needed. The system date is in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. To move between the month, day, and year fields, press Enter. To System Date change the value for the selected field, use the following N/A method: • Press + to increase the value by 1. • Press - to decrease the value by 1. • Press a numeric key to set the final value. Displays the system time. You can change the system time as needed. The system time is in the format of hh:mm:ss in 24-hour format. To move between the hour, minute, and second System Time fields, press Enter. To change the value for the selected N/A field, use the following method: • Press + to increase the value by 1. • Press - to decrease the value by 1. • Press a numeric key to set the final value.
Figure 3-2 shows the Modify Asset Tag submenu, on which you can configure the asset tag of the server as described in Table 3-2.
3-2 Figure 3-2 Modify asset tag submenu screen
Table 3-2 Items on the Modify Asset Tag submenu screen
Item Description Enter New Asset Tag Enter a new asset tag. Select NO to cancel the tag change. Confirm Set Asset Tag Select YES to save the tag change.
Advanced menu
The Advanced menu varies by server configuration. • If no Ethernet interfaces, storage controllers, or NVMe drives that have an Option ROM are present, the Advanced menu is displayed as shown in Figure 3-3. • If Ethernet interfaces, storage controllers, or NVMe drives that have an Option ROM are present, the Advanced menu is displayed as shown in Figure 3-4. The Advanced menu contains advanced system features and functionalities, which are described in Table 3-3.
3-3 Figure 3-3 Advanced menu screen (without Option ROM-capable Ethernet interfaces, storage controllers, or NVMe drives)
Figure 3-4 Advanced menu screen (with Option ROM-capable Ethernet interfaces, storage controllers, or NVMe drives)
3-4 Table 3-3 Items on the Advanced menu screen
Item Description Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU Submenu for configuring Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC). Submenu for configuring an Ethernet interface, storage controller, or Slot x:Port x NVMe drive that has an Option ROM. Submenu for viewing the health state of drivers or controllers. Driver Health This submenu is available only in UEFI boot mode. Trusted Computing Submenu for configuring trusted computing. Submenu for configuring advanced configuration and power ACPI Settings interface (ACPI) settings. Serial Port Console Redirection Submenu for configuring serial console port redirection. PCI Subsystem Settings Submenu for configuring the PCI subsystem. Submenu for configuring network stacks. Network Stack Configuration This submenu is available only in UEFI boot mode. CSM Configuration Submenu for configuring the compatibility support module (CSM). NVMe Configuration Submenu for configuring NVMe. USB Configuration Submenu for configuring USB.
Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU submenu
Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC) is a RAID solution specifically designed for NVMe-based SSDs. Prerequisites for using Intel VROC Before using Intel VROC for RAID volume management on a CPU that has NVMe SSDs attached, use the following procedure to enable Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) for that CPU: 1. Install an Intel NVMe VROC module. The system supports the following NVMe VROC modules:
{ Intel® VROC Standard—Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 10.
{ Intel® VROC Premium—Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10.
{ Intel® VROC Intel® SSD Only—Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10 and only Intel NVMe SSDs. 2. Make sure a 4-port NVMe expander module (Retimer) or 8-port NVMe expander module (Switch) is installed in the PCIe X16 slot for that CPU. 3. Enable Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) for that CPU: a. Select Socket Configuration > IIO Configuration > Intel® VMD technology, and then press Enter. b. On the Intel® VMD technology menu, select the CPU for which you want to enable Intel VMD, and then press Enter. This example uses Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 1. c. On the VMD Config for PStack0 screen shown in Figure 3-5, set the status of Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device for PStack0 to Enabled or Auto.
3-5 Figure 3-5 Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 1 screen
Using the Intel Virtual RAID on CPU menu to manage volumes or VMD controllers Figure 3-6 shows the Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU menu, on which you can manage RAID volumes and Intel VMD controllers as described in Table 3-4.
3-6 Figure 3-6 Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU menu screen
Table 3-4 Items on the Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU menu screen
Item Description Displays summary information about managed RAID volumes, including their volume name, RAID level, capacity, and state, for example, Volume0, RAID0 (Stripe), 1415.89GB, Normal. Intel VROC Managed Volumes To view detailed information about a volume or manage its member drives, select that volume. The RAID volume management submenu opens, as shown in Figure 3-7. For more information about the submenu items, see Table 3-5. To view information about Intel VROC managed VMD controllers and use a controller to create and configure a RAID volume, select All Intel VMD Controllers. The Intel Intel VROC Managed Controllers VMD controller management submenu opens, as shown in Figure 3-11. For more information about the submenu items, see Table 3-7.
Managing an Intel VROC volume Figure 3-7 shows the RAID volume management submenu screen, on which you can view information about the selected RAID volume and manage its member drives. For more information about the submenu items, see Table 3-5.
3-7 Figure 3-7 RAID volume management submenu screen
Table 3-5 Items on the RAID volume management submenu screen
Item Description Volume Actions
CAUTION: All data in the member drives of the volume are permanently Delete deleted when the volume is deleted. As a best practice to avoid data loss, back up the data before you delete a volume. To delete the RAID volume, select this item, and then select Yes to confirm the deletion, as shown in Figure 3-8. RAID Volume Information Name Displays the name of the RAID volume. RAID Level Displays the RAID level. Strip Size Displays the stripe size of the RAID volume. Size Displays the capacity of the RAID volume. Status Displays the state of the RAID volume. Bootable Displays whether the RAID volume is bootable. Block Size Displays the block size of the RAID volume, in bytes.
3-8 Item Description RAID Member Disks To manage a member drive or view its detailed information, select that drive. The RAID member drive management submenu Member drives of the RAID, for example: opens, as shown in Figure 3-9. For more information about the submenu items, see Table 3-6. • SAMSUNG MZWLL1T6HEHP-00003 The port ID depends on the installed NVMe SSD expander SN:S3HDNX0J600102,1490.42GB module and its installation location: Port 1:1,Slot • If a 4-port NVMe SSD expander module is installed in the 121,CPU0,VMD0,BDF 02:00.0 riser card on PCIe riser connector 1, the port ID is 1:1 or 1:3 • INTEL SSDPE2ME800G4 as shown in the example. SN:PHMD63960129800GGN,745. • If an 8-port NVMe SSD expander module is installed, the 21GB Port 1:3,Slot port ID is 1:0 or 2:0. If the expander module is installed in 123,CPU0,VMD0,BDF 04:00.0 the riser card on PCIe riser connector 1, the port ID is 1:0. If the expander module is installed in the riser card on PCIe riser connector 2, the port ID is 2:0.
Figure 3-8 RAID volume delete screen
3-9 Figure 3-9 RAID member drive management submenu screen
Table 3-6 Items on the RAID member drive management submenu screen
Item Description Disk Actions
CAUTION: This action deletes all data on the drive. As a best practice to Reset to non-RAID avoid data loss, back up the data before you perform this action. To remove the drive from the RAID array, select this item, and then select Yes to confirm the deletion, as shown in Figure 3-10. Other information Displays the controller information, which is Volume Controller Management Device Controller in this example. Model Number Displays the model number of the drive. Serial Number Displays the serial number of the drive. Size Displays the capacity of the drive. Status Displays whether the drive is a RAID member. Block Size Displays the block size of the drive, in bytes. Root Port Number Displays the root port number of the drive. Root Port Offset Displays the root port offset of the drive. Slot Number Displays the slot number of the drive. Socket Number Displays the slot number of the processor for the drive.
3-10 Item Description VMD Controller Number Displays controller number. PCI Bus:Device.Function Displays the Bus:Dev:Func of the drive.
Figure 3-10 shows the Reset to non-RAID screen, on which you can remove the selected drive from the RAID array. Figure 3-10 Reset to non-RAID screen
Managing an Intel VMD controller Figure 3-11 shows the Intel VMD controller management submenu screen, on which you can perform the following tasks: • Create a RAID volume by using non-RAID physical drives. A non-RAID physical drives is a drive that has not been used to build a RAID volume. • View information about a non-RAID physical drive or set that drive as a spare or journal disk. For more information about the submenu items, see Table 3-7.
3-11 Figure 3-11 Intel VDM controller management submenu screen
Table 3-7 Items on the Intel VMD controller management submenu screen
Item Description To create a RAID volume, select this item to access the Create RAID Volume Create RAID Volume screen shown in Figure 3-12, and then create the RAID volume as described in Table 3-8. RAID Volumes
Existing RAID volumes, for example: Displays summary information about each existing RAID volume, including the volume name, RAID level, capacity, Volume0, RAID0 (Stripe), 1.72TB, Normal and state. Non-RAID Physical Disks Displays physical drives that are available for creating a RAID volume. To view information about a non-RAID physical drive or set that drive as a spare or journal disk, select that drive to access the non-RAID physical drive configuration submenu shown in Figure 3-13. For more information about the submenu items, see Table 3-9. Drives that are not in a RAID volume, for example: The port ID depends on the installed NVMe SSD expander module and its installation location: INTEL SSDPE2KX010T7 SN:PHLF721100J21P0GGN,931.5GB Port • If a 4-port NVMe SSD expander module is installed in 1:2,Slot 121,CPU0,VMD0,BDF 03:00.0 the riser card on PCIe riser connector 1, the port ID is 1:0 or 1:1 as shown in the example. • If an 8-port NVMe SSD expander module is installed, the port ID is 1:0 or 2:0. If the expander module is installed in the riser card on PCIe riser connector 1, the port ID is 1:0. If the expander module is installed in the riser card on PCIe riser connector 2, the port ID is 2:0.
3-12 Figure 3-12 Create RAID Volume submenu screen
Table 3-8 Items on the Create RAID Volume screen
Item Description Default Enter the name of the RAID volume. Name Make sure the name does not N/A contain special characters. Select a RAID level. • RAID0(Stripe). RAID Level • RAID1(Mirror). RAID0 (Stripe) • RAID5(Parity). • RAID10(RAID0+1). To build a RAID volume over Enable RAID spanned over VMD physical drives controlled by N/A Controllers different VMD controllers, select this item. Select Disks All available drives, for example: Select drives over which you want to create the RAID volume. No drives are INTEL SSDPE2ME800G4 selected for RAID SN:PHMD63960129800GGN,745.21GB The selected drive is represented by creation. Port 1:3,CPU0,VMD0 the symbol X. Set the stripe size of the RAID Stripe Size N/A volume. Displays the total capacity of the Capacity (MB) N/A RAID volume.
3-13 Item Description Default Select Create Volume and press Enter to create the RAID volume. To verify that the volume is correctly Create Volume created, examine the RAID N/A Volumes section on the Intel VMD controller management submenu screen, as shown in Figure 3-12.
Figure 3-13 shows the configuration submenu screen for a non-RAID physical drive. On the screen, you can view information about the drive and set the drive as a spare or journaling disk, as described in Table 3-9. Figure 3-13 Non-RAID physical drive configuration submenu screen
Table 3-9 Items on the non-RAID drive configuration submenu screen
Item Description Disk Actions
CAUTION: Setting a drive as a spare disk deletes all data on that drive. As a best practice to avoid data loss, back up the data before you perform this action. Mark as Spare To specify the drive as a spare disk, select this item, and then select Yes to confirm the action, as shown in Figure 3-14. A spare disk cannot be used to build a RAID volume.
3-14 Item Description
CAUTION: Setting a drive as a journaling drive deletes all data on that drive. As a best practice to avoid data loss, back up the data before you perform this action. Mark as Journaling Drive To specify the drive as a journaling drive, select this item, and then select Yes to confirm the action, as shown in Figure 3-15. A journaling drive cannot be used to build a RAID volume. Information about the drive Displays the controller information, which is Volume Controller Management Device Controller in this example. Model Number Displays the model number of the drive. Serial Number Displays the serial number of the drive. Size Displays the capacity of the drive. Status Displays whether the drive is a RAID member. Block Size Displays the block size of the drive. Root Port Number Displays the root port number of the drive. Root Port Offset Displays the root port offset of the drive. Slot Number Displays the slot number of the drive. Socket Number Displays the slot number of the processor for the drive. VMD Controller Number Displays controller information. PCI Bus:Device.Function Displays the Bus:Dev:Func of the drive.
3-15 Figure 3-14 Mark as Spare screen
Figure 3-15 Mark as Journaling Drive screen
3-16 Driver Health submenu
Figure 3-16 shows the Driver Health submenu screen, on which you can view the health state of a driver or controller. This section uses a controller of a 4-port mLOM Ethernet adapter as an example. For more information about the menu items, see Table 3-10. Figure 3-16 Driver Health menu screen
Table 3-10 Items on the Driver Health menu screen
Item Description Display the health state of a driver or a controller. The scr Options: • Healthy—Normal. Intel(R) 40GbE 2.5.07 • Failed—Abnormal. If the state is Failed, press Enter and follow the instructions to repair the driver or controller. The repair method varies by driver or controller.
Trusted Computing submenu
The server might contain a trusted platform module (TPM) or a trusted cryptography module (TCM). If the server does not contain a TPM or TCM module, the Trusted Computing menu screen is as shown in Figure 3-17. The menu items are described in Table 3-11. If the server contains a TPM module, the Trusted Computing menu screen is as shown in Figure 3-18. The menu items are described in Table 3-12.
3-17 If the server contains a TCM module, the Trusted Computing menu screen is as shown in Figure 3-19. The menu items are described in Table 3-13. Figure 3-17 Trusted Computing menu screen (no security device installed)
Table 3-11 Items on the Trusted Computing menu screen when no security device is installed
Item Description Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable BIOS support for Security Device Support security devices.
3-18 Figure 3-18 Trusted Computing menu screen (TPM module installed)
Table 3-12 Items on the Trusted Computing menu screen when a TPM module is installed
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Security Device Support N/A BIOS support for TPM 2.0. Displays the active platform configuration Active PCR Banks N/A register (PCR) banks. Available PCR Banks Displays the available PCR banks. N/A Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable SHA-1 PCR Bank Enabled the SHA-1 PCR bank. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable SHA256 PCR Bank Enabled the SHA256 PCR bank. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable SM3_256PCR Bank Enabled the SM3_256PCR bank. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable TPM State Enabled TPM. Select the TPM operation to be performed during the next boot process. Pending Operation Options are None and TPM Clear. The TPM None Clear operation clears the values of measurements in the TPM. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Platform Hierarchy Enabled platform hierarchy. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Storage Hierarchy Enabled storage hierarchy.
3-19 Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Endorsement Hierarchy Enabled endorsement hierarchy. Select the supported Trusted Computing Group (TCG) specification version. Options: TPM 2.0 UEFI Spec • TCG_1_2—Compatible with Windows 8 TCG_2 Version and Windows 10. • TCG_2—Specifies the TCG 2 protocol and event format for Windows 10 and higher versions. Select the Physical Presence Interface (PPI) specification version to be reported to the OS. Physical Presence Spec Options: 1.3 Version • 1.2. • 1.3. This option might be not supported by some HCK tests. TPM 2.0 InterfaceType Displays the TPM 2.0 interface type. N/A Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable PH Randomization Disabled platform hierarchy randomization. Select the supported TPM version. • TPM1.0—Select this option only if a TPM 1.0 module is installed. • TPM2.0—Select this option only if a TPM Device Select 2.0 module is installed. Auto • Auto—Select this option to have the system automatically select TPM 1.0 or TPM 2.0. The default is TPM 2.0. If TPM 2.0 is not present, TPM 1.0 is selected.
3-20 Figure 3-19 Trusted Computing menu screen (TCM module installed)
Table 3-13 Items on the Trusted Computing menu screen when a TCM module is installed
Item Description Default Configuration Security Device Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable BIOS Enabled Support support for security devices. TCM State Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable TCM. Enabled Select the TCM operation to be performed during the next boot process. Pending Operation Options are None and TCM Clear. The TCM Clear None operation clears the values of measurements in the TCM. Select the supported TPM version. • TPM1.0—Select this option only if a TPM 1.0 module is installed. • TPM2.0—Select this option only if a TPM 2.0 Device Select module is installed. Auto • Auto—Select this option to have the system automatically select TPM 1.0 or TPM 2.0. The default is TPM 2.0. If TPM 2.0 is not present, TPM 1.0 is selected. Current Status Information TCM Enabled Status Indicates whether TCM is enabled or disabled. N/A TCM Active Status Indicates whether TCM is activated or deactivated. N/A
3-21 Item Description Default Indicates the TCM ownership status. Options are TCM Owner Status N/A Owned and Unowned.
ACPI Settings submenu
The ACPI Settings menu contains the ACPI options for you to configure OS-directed configuration and power management of the server. The menu items are described in Table 3-14. Figure 3-20 ACPI Settings menu screen
Table 3-14 Items on the ACPI Settings menu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable ACPI Enable ACPI Auto auto configuration. Disabled Configuration ACPI auto configuration allows the operating system to control and allocate power on the server hardware. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable lock Lock Legacy Resources Disabled of legacy resources.
Serial Port Console Redirection submenu
Serial port console redirection enables you to send all text-based output to one of the on-board serial ports by using a physical or virtual serial port.
3-22 Figure 3-21 shows the Serial Port Console Redirection menu screen, on which you can configure console redirection settings as described in Table 3-15. Figure 3-21 Serial Port Console Redirection menu screen
Table 3-15 Items on the Serial Port Console Redirection menu screen
Item Description Default COM0 Serial port COM0. N/A Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Console Redirection Enabled console redirection on the serial port (COM0). Open the Console Redirection Settings submenu for COM0, as shown in Figure 3-22. Console Redirection Settings The Console Redirection Settings submenu is N/A accessible only when Console Redirection is enabled on COM0. Serial Port for Out-of-Band Serial port for out-of-band management or Management/Windows Windows Emergency Management Services N/A Emergency Management (EMS). Services (EMS) Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Console Redirection Disabled console redirection on the serial port. Open the Console Redirection Settings submenu for the out-of-band management port, as shown in Figure 3-23. Console Redirection Settings N/A The Console Redirection Settings submenu is accessible only when Console Redirection is enabled for the out-of-band management port.
3-23 Figure 3-22 shows the Console Redirection Settings menu screen for COM0. The menu items are described in Table 3-16. Figure 3-22 Console Redirection Settings menu screen (COM0)
Table 3-16 Items on the Console Redirection Settings menu screen (COM0)
Item Description Default Select the type of terminal used for console redirection. Options: • VT100—Uses a supported VT100 video terminal with the ASCII character set. • VT100+—Uses a supported VT100-plus video Terminal Type terminal and its character set. VT100+ supports VT100+ colors and function keys. • VT-UTF8—Uses a video terminal with the UTF-8 character set. • ANSI—Uses the ANSI character set, which is an extended ASCII character set. Set the baud rate of the serial port in bits per second. Options: • 9600. • 19200. • 38400. Bits Per Second • 57600. 115200 • 115200. This baud rate setting must match the setting on the remote terminal. As a best practice, set a low speed on a long or noisy serial line.
3-24 Item Description Default Set the number of bits used to represent one character of data. Data Bits Options: 8 • 7. • 8. Set the parity bit to be sent with the data bits for transmission error detection. Options: • None—No parity bit is sent. • Even—Sets the parity bit so that the number of Parity ones in the data set is an even number. None • Odd—Sets the parity bit so that the number of ones in the data set is an odd number. • Mark—Always sets the parity bit to 1. This setting cannot be used for error detection. • Space—Always sets the parity bit to 0. This setting cannot be used for error detection. Set the number of stop bits used to indicate the end of a serial data packet. Options: Stop Bits • 1. 1 • 2. Two stop bits might be required for communications with a slow device. Select a flow control method to prevent data loss from buffer overflow. Options: • None—No flow control is used. • Hardware RTS/CTS—Flow control that uses the ready to send/clear to send (RTS/CTS) signal. When you select this option, make sure it is supported on the serial port. Flow Control None If you enable hardware RTS/CTS on a serial port that does not support hardware flow control (such as a port that uses a USB-to-serial cable), or on a serial port with no cable connected, the following issues might occur: • Failure to load the option ROM of embedded and external PCIe devices. • Screen blackout. • Cursor flickering. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable VT-UTF8 Combo Key VT-UTF8 combination key support for ANSI/VT100 Enabled Support terminals. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the Recorder Mode recorder mode, which is used to capture terminal text Disabled data. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Resolution 100×31 N/A enhanced terminal resolution (100 × 31).
3-25 Item Description Default Set the resolution for legacy OS redirection. Legacy OS Redirection Options: 80×24 Resolution • 80×24. • 80×25. Select a mode to change the action of the function keys and keypad in PuTTY. Options: • VT100. Putty KeyPad • LINUX. VT100 • XTERMR6. • SCO. • ESCN. • VT400. Configure the legacy console redirection setting after BIOS POST. Options: Redirection After BIOS Always Enable POST • Always Enable—Legacy console redirection is always enabled for legacy OS. • BootLoader—Legacy console redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS.
Figure 3-23 shows the Console Redirection Settings menu for the out-of-band management port. The menu items are described in Table 3-17. Figure 3-23 Console Redirection Settings menu screen (out-of-band management serial port)
3-26 Table 3-17 Items on the Console Redirection Settings menu screen (out-of-band management port)
Item Description Default Indicates the out-of-band management serial port. Out-of-Band Mgmt N/A Port This port allows Microsoft Windows EMS to remotely access the Window OS to collect fault information. Select the type of terminal used for console redirection. Options: • VT100—Uses a supported VT100 video terminal with the ASCII character set. • VT100+—Uses a supported VT100-plus video terminal Terminal Type and its character set. VT100+ supports colors and VT100+ function keys. • VT-UTF8—Uses a video terminal with the UTF-8 character set. • ANSI—Uses the ANSI character set, which is an extended ASCII character set. Set the data transfer rate of the serial port in bits per second. Options: • 9600. • 19200. • 57600. Bits Per Second 115200 • 115200. This data transfer rate setting must match the setting on the remote terminal. As a best practice, set a low speed on a long or noisy serial line. Select a flow control method to prevent data loss from buffer overflow. Options: • None—No flow control is used. • Hardware RTS/CTS—Flow control that uses the ready to send/clear to send (RTS/CTS) signal. When you select this option, make sure it is supported on the serial port. Flow Control • Software Xon/Xoff—Flow control that uses the XON None (transmit ON) and XOFF (transmit OFF) control characters. When the data transfer rate exceeds 1200 bits per second, the receiver sends an XOFF to have the sender stop transmission. The sender will resume the transmission only when it receives an XON from the receiver. Displays the number of bits used to represent one character of Data Bits N/A data. Displays the parity bit sent with the data bits for transmission Parity N/A error detection. Displays the number of stop bits used to indicate the end of a Stop Bits N/A character frame.
3-27 Slot x:Port x
Ethernet interfaces, storage controllers, and NVMe drives that have an Option ROM are displayed on the Advanced screen as Slot x:Port x entries. For Ethernet interfaces, Slot x represent the slot number of the Ethernet adapter that contains the interface and Port x represents the port index of the interface on the Ethernet adapter. The Slot x:Port x submenu screen is generated by the option ROM of a PCIe module and the items on the screen vary by vendor. This section uses the Slot 9-mLOM:Port 1 entry for the embedded mLOM Ethernet adapter as an example. Figure 3-24 shows the Ethernet interface configuration submenu screen of the Slot 9-mLOM:Port 1 entry. The menu items are described in Table 3-18. Figure 3-24 Slot x:Port x entry submenu screen
Table 3-18 Items on the Ethernet interface configuration menu screen
Item Description Default Open the NIC configuration submenu menu, as shown NIC Configuration N/A in Figure 3-25. Set the number of seconds for which the port Blink LEDs connection status LED keeps blinking. 0 Value range: 0 to 15. UEFI Driver Displays the UEFI driver name. N/A Adapter PBA Displays the network adapter PBA number. N/A Device Name Displays the name of the embedded NIC. N/A Chip Type Displays the chip type of the NIC. N/A PCI Device ID Displays the ID of the PCI device. N/A
3-28 Item Description Default PCI Address Displays the address of the PCI device. N/A Displays the link status. Options: Link Status N/A • Disconnected. • Connected. MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the embedded NIC. N/A Displays the virtual MAC address of the embedded Virtual MAC Address N/A NIC.
Figure 3-25 shows the NIC configuration screen, on which you can configure the link speed and enable or disable Wake On LAN for the Ethernet interface as described in Table 3-19. Figure 3-25 NIC Configuration screen
Table 3-19 Items on the NIC Configuration screen
Item Description Default Display the link speed setting. Link Speed The setting is fixed at Auto Negotiated, which is not N/A user configurable. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable waking up the system from a low power mode remotely. If this Wake On LAN Disabled option is enabled, the server is wakened up when it receives an out-of-band magic packet.
3-29 PCI Subsystem Settings submenu
Figure 3-26 shows the PCI Subsystem Settings menu screen, on which you can configure PCI subsystem settings as described Table 3-20. Figure 3-26 PCI Subsystem Settings menu screen
Table 3-20 Items on the PCI Subsystem Settings menu screen
Item Description Default PCI Bus Driver Displays the PCI bus driver version. N/A Version PCI Devices Common Settings Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable decoding of 64-bit PCI devices in a 4 GB or greater address space. Above 4G Decoding As a best practice, enable this option if the PCIe device Enabled has a 4 GB or higher-capacity VRAM. For example, disabling this option can cause an M60 or K80 GPU to get stuck in the EarlyPOST 100% phase, preventing you from accessing the BIOS setup menu or the OS. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the support for PCIe single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV). SR-IOV Support By default, the OS allocates I/O resources if the PCIe Enabled card supports SR-IOV. If the PCIe card does not support SR-IOV, SR-IOV is automatically disabled. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable DMA attack prevention. BME DMA Mitigation Disabled With this feature enabled, the performance of PCIe devices will degrade.
3-30 Network Stack Configuration submenu
The network stack configuration is used only in UEFI mode for the server to set up a pre-boot network connection for OS deployment through Preboot eXecution Environment (PEX) over the network. Figure 3-27 shows the Network Stack Configuration menu screen, on which you can configure UEFI network stack settings as described in Table 3-21. Figure 3-27 Network Stack Configuration menu screen
Table 3-21 Items on the Network Stack Configuration menu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the Network Stack Enabled UEFI network stack. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable loading the OS over an IPv4 network. IPv4 PXE Support Enabled If Disabled is selected, the IPv4 PEX boot option will not be created. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable loading the OS over an IPv6 network. IPv6 PXE Support Enabled If Disabled is selected, the IPv6 PEX boot option will not be created. Set the maximum number of media presence Media detect count detections. 1 Value range: 1 to 50.
3-31 Item Description Default Set the maximum number of PXE retries. Value range: 0 to 50. PXE Retry Count 1 A value of 0 indicates that the number of PEX retries is not limited.
CSM Configuration submenu
The configuration support module (CSM) provides UEFI compatibility with OSs that do not support UEFI boot mode. Figure 3-28 shows the CSM Configuration menu screen, on which you can configure CMS settings as described in Table 3-22. Figure 3-28 CSM Configuration menu screen
Table 3-22 Items on the CSM Configuration menu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable support for UEFI-incapable operating systems. CSM Support Enabled In legacy boot mode, the setting is always Enabled and cannot be changed.
3-32 Item Description Default Option ROM Execution This item is available only when CSM Support is set to Enabled. Options: • Auto—Automatically load the option ROMs. Option ROM Policy • Custom—Customize the option ROM load Auto methods for NICs, storage devices, video devices, and other PCI devices. The configuration submenus (Network, Storage, Video, and Other PCI Devices) are available only when the Custom option is selected. Select the option ROM load method for NICs.
Options: In UEFI boot mode: UEFI. • UEFI—Load the option ROM for NICs in UEFI Network In legacy boot mode: boot mode. Legacy. • Legacy—Load the option ROM for NICs in legacy boot mode. Select the option ROM load method for storage devices. Options: In UEFI boot mode: UEFI. Storage • UEFI—Load the option ROM for storage devices In legacy boot mode: in UEFI boot mode. Legacy. • Legacy—Load the option ROM for storage devices in legacy boot mode. Select the option ROM load method for video devices.
Options: In UEFI boot mode: UEFI. • UEFI—Load the option ROM for video cards in Video In legacy boot mode: UEFI boot mode. Legacy. • Legacy—Load the option ROM for video cards in legacy boot mode. Select the option ROM load method for other PCI devices such as input devices. Options: In UEFI boot mode: UEFI. Other PCI devices • UEFI—Load the option ROM for other PCI In legacy boot mode: devices in UEFI boot mode. Legacy. • Legacy—Load the option ROM for other PCI devices in legacy boot mode.
NVMe Configuration submenu
Figure 3-29 shows the NVMe Configuration menu screen, on which all installed NVMe devices are displayed. You can select an NVMe device to view its information as shown in Figure 3-30.
NOTE: You cannot turn on state LEDs of NVMe drives by using VMD in the BIOS.
3-33 Figure 3-29 NVMe Configuration menu screen
Figure 3-30 NVMe device information screen
3-34 Table 3-23 Items on the NVMe device information screen
Item Description Slot: Port: Displays the slot number and port number of the NVMe device. Bus:Dev:Func Displays the Bus:Dev:Func of the NVMe device. Model Number Displays the model number of the NVMe device. Total Size Displays the total size of the NVMe device. Vendor ID Displays the vendor ID of the NVMe device. Device ID Displays the device ID of the NVMe device. Namespace Displays the namespace of the NVMe device.
USB Configuration submenu
Figure 3-31 shows the USB Configuration menu screen, on which you can view connected USB devices and configure USB settings as described in Table 3-24. Figure 3-31 USB Configuration menu screen
Table 3-24 Items on the USB Configuration menu screen
Item Description Default Displays the detected USB controllers. The system USB Controllers supports eXtensible Host Controller (XHCI) N/A controllers that support USB 3.0.
3-35 Item Description Default Displays the numbers of connected USB devices, including drives, keyboards, mice, and hubs. USB Devices N/A The server has one embedded USB hub in addition to the connected USB hubs. Select whether to enable the support for legacy USB devices. Options: • Enabled—Legacy USB support is always Legacy USB Support enabled. Enabled • Disabled—USB devices are available only for EFI applications. • Auto—The system automatically disables legacy USB support if no USB devices are connected. The xHCI setting that specifies the owner of the control over USB 3.0 ports. Options: XHCI Hand-off Enabled • Enabled—Hands off the control over USB 3.0 ports to the OS after the OS loads. • Disabled—BIOS controls USB 3.0 ports. USB Mass Storage Driver Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the Enabled Support support for USB mass storage drivers. This section displays the installed mass storage Mass Storage Devices: N/A devices. This option is available only if a dual SD card expander module is installed with a minimum of one SD card. When you manage SD cards, follow these guidelines: • The dual SD card expander module is not hot swappable. However, the SD cards are hot swappable. Dual SD Card RAID LUN • For redundancy and storage use efficiency, N/A install two same-capacity SD cards. • If an SD card fails while the server is operating, replace that SD card on line, and then power cycle the server. This replacement procedure ensures that the server can restore the data on the new SD card. Data loss might occur if you replace the failed SD card after powering off the server. SanDisk Indicates that a SanDisk USB flash drive is present. N/A Indicates that an ASUS SDR-08B1-U A A301 USB ASUS SDR-08B1-U A A301 N/A drive is present. Indicates that an HP v220w 1100 USB drive is Hp v220w 1100 N/A present. KingstonDataTraveler Indicates that a KingstonDataTraveler 3.0PMAP USB N/A 3.0PMAP drive is present. Indicates that an AMI Virtual CDROM0 1.00 drive is AMI Virtual CDROM0 1.00 N/A present.
3-36 Item Description Default Indicates that an H3C Virtual CDROM0 1.00 drive is present. A virtual CD-ROM drive provides the same H3C Virtual CDROM0 1.00 N/A functionality as a physical CD-ROM drive. By default, virtual CDROM0 is mounted when you open the remote console. Indicates that an H3C Virtual Floppy0 1.00 drive is detected. A virtual floppy drive provides the same functionality H3C Virtual Floppy0 1.00 N/A as a physical floppy drive. By default, virtual Floppy0 is mounted when you open the remote console. Indicates that an H3C Virtual HDisk0 1.00 drive is present. A virtual hard disk drive provides the same H3C Virtual HDisk0 1.00 N/A functionality as a physical hard disk drive. By default, Virtual HDisk0 is mounted when you open the remote console. Indicates that an H3C Virtual CDROM1 1.00 USB driver is present. A virtual CD-ROM drive provides the same H3C Virtual CDROM1 1.00 N/A functionality as a physical CD-ROM drive. By default, Virtual CDROM1 is mounted when you open the remote console. Indicates that an H3C Virtual Floppy1 1.00 drive is present. A virtual floppy drive provides the same functionality H3C Virtual Floppy1 1.00 N/A as a physical floppy drive. By default, Virtual Floppy1 is mounted when you open the remote console. Indicates that an H3C Virtual HDisk1 1.00 drive is present. A virtual hard disk drive provides the same H3C Virtual HDisk1 1.00 N/A functionality as a physical hard disk drive. By default, Virtual HDisk1 is mounted when you open the remote console.
Platform Configuration menu
As shown in Figure 3-32, the Platform Configuration menu contains the submenus described in Table 3-25.
3-37 Figure 3-32 Platform Configuration menu screen
Table 3-25 Items on the Platform Configuration menu screen
Item Description PCH Configuration Submenu for configuring the platform controller hub (PCH). Submenu for configuring miscellaneous settings, including video Miscellaneous Configuration display device and debug mode settings. Server ME Configuration Submenu for configuring the server management engine (ME). Runtime Error Logging Submenu for configuring runtime error logging.
PCH Configuration submenu
Figure 3-33 shows the PCH Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure PCH settings as described in Table 3-26.
3-38 Figure 3-33 PCH Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-26 Items on the PCH Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Submenu for configuring PCH devices, as shown in Figure 3-34. PCH Devices The submenu menu items are described in Table 3-27. Submenu for configuring PCH SATA settings, as shown in Figure PCH SATA Configuration 3-35. The submenu menu items are described in Table 3-28. Submenu for configuring PCH sSATA settings, as shown in Figure PCH sSATA Configuration 3-36. The submenu menu items are described in Table 3-29. Submenu for configuring USB, as shown in Figure 3-37. USB Configuration The submenu menu items are described in Table 3-30.
3-39 Figure 3-34 PCH Devices submenu screen
Table 3-27 Items on the PCH Devices submenu screen
Item Description Default Set the PCIe Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) frequency. Options: Disabled—Disables SSC. PCIe PLL SSC • Auto • Auto—Allows the BIOS to set the PCIe PLL SSC frequency automatically. • 0.5%—Sets the PCIe PLL SSC frequency to 0.5% of the bus clock frequency.
3-40 Figure 3-35 PCH SATA Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-28 Items on the PCH SATA Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the SATA SATA Controller Enabled controller. Select the operating mode of the SATA controller. Options: • AHCI—Uses the AHCI mode, which allows the drives Configure SATA attached to the SATA ports to be used as SATA disks. This AHCI As mode supports hot swapping of drives. To use this mode, a SATA driver must be installed. • RAID—Uses the RAID mode, which allows creation of a logical drive from multiple independent physical drives. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable SATA test SATA Test Mode Disabled mode. Displays the name and slot number of the drive connected to logic PCH SATA port N. If no drive is connected, Not Installed is displayed. SATA Port N N/A For the mapping relations between logic PCH SATA ports and drive backplane ports, see "Mapping relations of PCH SATA/sSATA ports and drive backplane ports." Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the drive Port N Enabled connected to SATA port N.
3-41 Figure 3-36 PCH sSATA Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-29 Items on the PCH sSATA Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default sSATA Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the sSATA Enabled Controller controller. Select the operating mode of the sSATA controller. Options: • AHCI—Uses the AHCI mode, which allows the drives Configure attached to the SATA ports to be used as SATA disks. This AHCI sSATA As mode supports hot swapping of drives. To use this mode, a SATA driver must be installed. • RAID—Uses the RAID mode, which allows creation of a logical drive from multiple independent physical drives. sSATA Test Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable sSATA test Disabled Mode mode. Displays the name and the slot number of the drive connected to logic PCH sSATA port N. If no drive is connected, Not Installed is displayed. For the mapping relations between logic PCH SATA ports and drive backplane ports, see "Mapping relations of PCH sSATA Port N N/A SATA/sSATA ports and drive backplane ports." The number of sSATA ports varies by server model. For example, one sSATA port is available for an H3C UniServer R4900 or R4700 G3 server. Six sSATA ports are available for an H3C UniServer R2900 or R2700 G3 server. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the drive Port N Enabled connected to sSATA port N.
3-42 Figure 3-37 USB Configuration submenu screen (H3C UniServer R4900 or R2900 G3 server)
Figure 3-38 USB Configuration submenu screen (H3C UniServer R4700 or R2700 G3 server)
3-43 Table 3-30 Items on the USB Configuration submenu screen
Parameter Description Default Enable or disable independent control of individual USB connectors on the system board. Options: • Enabled—You can disable the USB connectors on a per-connector basis. • Disabled—You cannot disable the USB connectors on a USB Per-Connector per-connector basis. Disabled Disable If a USB connector is disabled, BIOS or OS does not display the USB device plugged into that connector. NOTE: All subsequent menu items for setting USB port capability are available only if you set USB Per-Connector Disable to Enabled. Rear Left USB Port 2.0 Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the USB 2.0 Enabled Capability connector at the left of the rear panel. Rear Right USB Port Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the USB 2.0 Enabled 2.0 Capability connector at the right of the rear panel. Internal Top USB Port Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the internal top Enabled 2.0 Capability USB 2.0 connector. Internal Bottom USB Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the internal Enabled Port 2.0 Capability bottom USB 2.0 connector. Front Left Top USB Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the top USB Enabled Port 2.0 Capability port 2.0 connector on the front left chassis ear.
Front Left Bottom USB Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the bottom Enabled Port 2.0 Capability USB port 2.0 connector on the front left chassis ear.
This item is available only on a 2U server, for example, an H3C Front Right USB Port UniServer R4900 or 2900 G3 server. Enabled 3.0 Capability Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable USB port 3.0 connector on the front right chassis ear. SD Card Slot USB Port Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable USB 3.0 Enabled 3.0 Capability capability of the SD card slot.
Rear Left USB Port 3.0 Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the USB 3.0 Enabled Capability connector at the left of the rear panel.
Rear Right USB Port Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the USB 3.0 Enabled 3.0 Capability connector at the right of the rear panel.
Internal Top USB Port Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the internal top Enabled 3.0 Capability USB 3.0 connector. Internal Bottom USB Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the internal Enabled Port 3.0 Capability bottom USB 3.0 connector.
Miscellaneous Configuration submenu
Figure 3-39 shows the Miscellaneous Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure features described in Table 3-31.
3-44 Figure 3-39 Miscellaneous Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-31 Items on the Miscellaneous Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Select a monitor to display videos. Options: • Auto—Enables the server to automatically select a monitor to display videos. • Onboard Device—Uses the monitor connected to the onboard VGA connector to display videos. Active Video • PCIe Device—Uses the monitor connected to the GPU Onboard Device module in the PCIe slot to display videos. NOTE: In legacy boot mode, the server cannot display the BIOS menus on the monitor connected to the GPU module or VGA connector if the Onboard Device or PCIe Device option is selected, respectively. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable outputting the debug log from a BIOS serial port. Debug Mode Disabled If debug mode is enabled, you can obtain the debug log by connecting to a BIOS serial port.
3-45 Item Description Default This item is available only when Debug Mode is set to Enabled. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable SOL mode. With SOL mode enabled, you can obtain the debug log by executing the following command if your operating system is Linux: SOL Mode curl http://HDM_IP/cgi/download_cpsol.cgi Enabled | tr -d '\000' > sol.txt The HDM_IP argument represents the IP address of the HDM shared or dedicated network port and the sol.txt argument represents the name of the downloaded file. You can set the log file name as needed.
Server ME Configuration submenu
Figure 3-40 shows the Server ME Configuration submenu screen, on which you can view the server management engine information described in Table 3-32. Figure 3-40 Server ME Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-32 Items on the Server ME Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Operational Firmware Version Displays the active firmware version. Backup Firmware Version Displays the backup firmware version. Recovery Firmware Version Displays the recovery firmware version. ME Firmware Status #1 Displays ME firmware status #1.
3-46 Item Description ME Firmware Status #2 Displays ME firmware status #2. Current State Displays the current ME state. Error Code Displays the error code. Displays the altitude at which the server is located, in meters. The Altitude default is 8000 meters (or 26246.72 ft). Displays the Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) MCTP Bus Owner bus owner. ME Firmware Features Displays the ME firmware features.
Runtime Error Logging submenu
Figure 3-41 shows the Runtime Error Logging submenu screen, on which you can configure the runtime error logging as described in Table 3-33. Figure 3-41 Runtime Error Logging submenu screen
Table 3-33 Items on the Runtime Error Logging submenu screen
Item Description Default This item controls system error logging, which enables the server to correct system errors automatically and report System Errors uncorrectable errors to HDM and the operating system. Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable system error logging.
3-47 Item Description Default This item is available only when System Errors is set to Enabled. S/W Error Injection Software error injection tests system performance by injecting Disabled Support software errors. To test system performance, select Enabled. This item is available only when System Errors is set to Enabled. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable system System Memory memory poison. Enabled Poison To report event logs to HDM when uncorrectable memory errors are injected, you must set both System Memory Poison and Viral Status to Disabled.
Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable detection of memory-resident viruses. Viral Status To report event logs to HDM when uncorrectable memory errors Enabled are injected, you must set both System Memory Poison and Viral Status to Disabled.
System cloaking enables the operating system and software to block corrected errors and uncorrected no action required System Cloaking (UCNA) errors. Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable system cloaking. Access the submenu for configuring the Enhanced Machine EMCA Settings Check Architecture (EMCA), as shown in Figure 3-42. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-34. Access the submenu for configuring the Windows Hardware WHEA Settings Error Architecture (WHEA), as shown in Figure 3-43. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-35. Access the submenu for configuring error injection settings, as Error Injection Settings shown in Figure 3-44. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-36. Access the submenu for configuring UltraPath Interconnect UPI Error Enabling (UPI) error reporting, as shown in Figure 3-45. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-37. Access the submenu for configuring memory error reporting, as Memory Error shown in Figure 3-46. N/A Enabling The submenu items are described in Table 3-38. Access the submenu for configuring Integrated I/O module (IIO) IIO Error Enabling error reporting, as shown in Figure 3-47. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-39. Access the submenu for configuring PCIe error reporting, as PCIe Error Enabling shown in Figure 3-48. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-40.
3-48 Figure 3-42 EMCA Settings submenu screen
Table 3-34 Items on the EMCA Settings submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable EMCA EMCA Logging logging. Enabled Support EMCA logging provides MAC error reports for the server. Local machine check exceptions (LMCE) support enables the system to log detected hardware errors in firmware LMCE Support registers. Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable LMCE support. This item is available only when System Errors is set to Ignore OS EMCA Enabled. Disabled Opt-in Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the ignore OS EMCA opt-in feature. This item is available only when System Errors is set to Enabled. When EMCA CMCI-SMI morphing is enabled: • The SMI is triggered each time a correctable error occurs. • If the number of correctable errors on the MCBank EMCA CMCI-SMI exceeds the upper limit, the SMI is triggered but the EMCA gen 2 CSMI Morphing Corrected Machine Check Interrupt (CMCI) is not. Options: • EMCA gen 1 Lite—Enables EMCA CMCI-SMI morphing in EMCA gen 1 lite mode. • EMCA gen 2 CSMI—Enables EMCA CMCI-SMI morphing in EMCA gen 2 CSMI mode.
3-49 Item Description Default • Disabled—Disables EMCA CMCI-SMI morphing.
Options: • EMCA gen 1 Dual Mode—Enables EMCA MCE-SMI in EMCA MCE-SMI EMCA gen1 dual mode. EMCA gen 2 – Enable • EMCA gen 2 – MSMI—Enables EMCA MCE-SMI in MSMI EMCA gen 2 MSMI mode. • Disabled—Disables EMCA MCE-SMI.
Figure 3-43 WHEA Settings submenu screen
Table 3-35 Items on the WHEA Settings submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable WHEA. WHEA Support Enabled WHEA provides hardware error reports for the server.
3-50 Figure 3-44 Error Injection Settings submenu screen
Table 3-36 Items on the Error Injection Settings submenu screen
Item Description Default This item is available only when System Errors is set to Enabled. Mca Bank Error Injection Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable MCA bank Disabled Support error injection. If MCA bank error injection is enabled, the write function of the register into which errors are injected is enabled. WHEA Error Injection Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable WHEA Disabled Support error injection.
3-51 Figure 3-45 UPI Error Enabling submenu screen
Table 3-37 Items on the UPI Error Enabling submenu screen
Item Description Default SMI UPI Lane Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable triggering an SMI Disabled Failover upon a UPI lane failover.
3-52 Figure 3-46 Memory Error Enabling submenu screen
Table 3-38 Items on the Memory Error Enabling submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable memory error Memory Error Enabled reporting. Memory Corrected Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable correctable memory Enabled Error error reporting. This item is available only when Memory Corrected Error is set to Enabled. Select the type of the spare interrupt to generate upon detection of a Spare Interrupt memory error. SMI Options: • Disabled—Disables spare interrupt generation. • SMI—Generates an SMI interrupt.
3-53 Figure 3-47 IIO Error Enabling submenu screen
Table 3-39 Items on the IIO Error Enabling submenu screen
Item Description Default IIO/PCH Global Error Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable IIO/PCH Enabled Support global error reporting. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable IIO PCIe IIO PCIe AER Spec Advanced Error Reporting (AER) specification compliance Disabled Compliant checking.
3-54 Figure 3-48 PCIe Error Enabling submenu screen
Table 3-40 Items on the PCIe Error Enabling submenu screen
Items Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable PCIe Corrected Error Enabled correctable error reporting. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable PCIe Uncorrected Error Enabled correctable error reporting. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable PCIe Fatal Error Enable Enabled fatal error reporting. PCIe Corrected Error Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the PCIe Disabled Threshold Counter correctable error threshold counter. This item is available only when PCIe Corrected Error PCIe Corrected Error Threshold Counter is set to Enabled. 0 Threshold Mask Set the PCIe correctable error threshold mask. This item is available only when PCIe Corrected Error PCIe Corrected Error Threshold Counter is set to Enabled. 1 Threshold Set the PCIe correctable error threshold. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable SERR SERR Propagation Enabled propagation. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable PERR PERR Propagation Enabled propagation.
3-55 Socket Configuration menu
Figure 3-49 shows the Socket Configuration menu screen, on which you can configure CPU, command reference code, UPI, memory, IIO, and advanced power management settings as described in Table 3-41. Figure 3-49 Socket Configuration menu screen
Table 3-41 Items on the Socket Configuration menu screen
Item Description Submenu for configuring processors, as shown in Figure 3-50. Processor Configuration The submenu items are described in Table 3-44. Submenu for configuring the common reference code, as shown Common RefCode Configuration in Figure 3-53. The submenu items are described in Table 3-45. Submenu for configuring Intel® UltraPath Interconnect (UPI) UPI Configuration parameters, as shown in Figure 3-54. The submenu items are described in Table 3-46. Submenu for configuring memory parameters, as shown in Figure Memory Configuration 3-57. The submenu items are described in Table 3-48. Submenu for configuring Integrated I/O module (IIO) parameters, as IIO Configuration shown in Figure 3-62. The submenu items are described in Table 3-53.
3-56 Item Description Submenu for configuring advanced power management parameters, Advanced Power Management as shown in Figure 3-71. Configuration The submenu items are described in Table 3-60.
Processor Configuration submenu
Figure 3-50 shows the Processor Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure features such as hyper-threading and hardware prefetcher for processors. The submenu items are described in Table 3-42. Figure 3-50 Processor Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-42 Items on the Processor Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Access the submenu for per-socket configuration, as shown Per-Socket in Figure 3-51. N/A Configuration The submenu items are described in Table 3-43. Processor BSP Revision Displays the processor revision. N/A Processor Socket Displays the sequence number of the processor socket. N/A Processor ID Displays the processor ID. N/A Processor Frequency Displays the processor frequency. N/A Processor Max Displays the maximum frequency allowed for each N/A Frequency processor.
3-57 Item Description Default Processor Min Displays the minimum frequency allowed for each N/A Frequency processor. Processor TDP Displays the thermal design power (TDP) of the processor. N/A Microcode Revision Displays the microcode revision. N/A L1 Cache RAM Displays the capacity of the level-1 processor cache. N/A L2 Cache RAM Displays the capacity of the level-2 processor cache. N/A L3 Cache RAM Displays the capacity of the level-3 processor cache. N/A Processor 1 Version Displays the version of processor 1. N/A Processor 2 Version Displays the version of processor 2. N/A Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable hyper-threading for the processors. Hyper-Threading [ALL] Hyper-threading improves the overall system performance Enabled by enabling each physical processor core to function as two logical processor cores. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable checking the CPU built-in self-test (BIST) result. Check CPU BIST Result If this feature is enabled, the system checks the CPU BIST Disabled result and disables process cores that failed the test. If this feature is disabled, the CPU BIST result is ignored. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable MONITOR and MWAIT instructions. Monitor/Mwait Enabled For some OSs, to disable CPU C State Control, you must also disable this feature. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT). Intel TXT provides comprehensive data security protection in Enable Intel(R) TXT a virtualized computing environment. Disabled
CAUTION: Set Debug Interface to Disabled before enabling Intel TXT. This item is configurable only when Enable Intel(R) TXT is set to Disabled. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable CPU VMX Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX). Enabled CPU VMX improves server hardware resource usage by enabling the virtualization layer or OS that supports VMX to use Intel hardware virtualization capabilities. This item is configurable only when Enable Intel(R) TXT is set to Disabled. Enable SMX Disabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Intel Safer Mode Extensions (SMX). Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable debug Debug Interface interface. Enabled If debug interface is enabled, you can debug the system.
3-58 Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable hardware prefetcher. If hardware prefetcher is enabled, the CPU prefetches Hardware Prefetcher instructions or data from memory to L2 cache before Enabled processing the instructions or data. This feature helps improve system performance by reducing memory access time and eliminating potential bottlenecks.
Figure 3-51 Per-Socket Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-43 Items on the Per-Socket Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Submenu for configuring processor 1, as shown in Figure 3-52. CPU Socket 1 Configuration The submenu items are described in Table 3-44. Submenu for configuring processor 2. This item is available only when processor 2 is present. CPU Socket 2 Configuration You can configure processor 2 in the same way processor 1 is configured.
3-59 Figure 3-52 CPU Socket 1 Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-44 Items on the CPU Socket 1 Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Set the number of enabled cores for the processor. Cores Enabled To enable all cores of the processor, set the value to 0.
Common RefCode Configuration submenu
Figure 3-53 shows the Common RefCode Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure memory mapped I/O (MMIO) above 4 GB and non-uniform memory access (NUMA) settings as described in Table 3-45.
3-60 Figure 3-53 Common RefCode Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-45 Items on the Common RefCode Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Select the address space for MMIO above 4 GB. Options: • 56T. • 40T. MMIO High Base • 24T. 896G • 16T. • 4T. • 1T. • 896G. Select the address allocation size for MMIO above 4 GB. Options: • 1G. MMIO High • 4G. 64G Granularity Size • 16G. • 64G. • 512G. • 1024G. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable NUMA. NUMA Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) allows a processor to Enabled access its local memory faster than a non-local memory.
3-61 UPI Configuration submenu
Figure 3-53 shows the UPI Configuration submenu screen, from which you can access the UPI General Configuration submenu to configure UPI parameters such as the UPI link frequency. Figure 3-54 UPI Configuration submenu screen
Figure 3-55 shows the UPI General Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure parameters such as the UPI link frequency and UPI failover support as described in Table 3-46.
3-62 Figure 3-55 UPI General Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-46 Items on the UPI General Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Access the submenu that displays UPI information, as shown UPI Status in Figure 3-56. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-47. Select a link frequency. Options: Link Frequency Select • 9.6 GT/s. Auto • 10.4 GT/s. • Auto. Select whether to enable UPI failover. Options: UPI Failover Support • Enabled. Auto • Disabled. • Auto. Select whether to enable sub-NUMA clustering (SNC). Options: SNC • Enabled. Disabled • Disabled. • Auto.
3-63 Item Description Default Select a UPI CRC mode. Options: CRC Mode • 16 Bit CRC. Auto • 32 Bit Rolling CRC. • Auto.
Figure 3-56 UPI Status submenu screen
Table 3-47 Items on the UPI Status submenu screen
Item Description Number of CPU Displays the number of processors. Number of IIO Displays the number of integrated I/O modules. Current UPI Link Speed Displays the current speed of the UPI link. Current UPI Link Frequency Displays the current frequency of the UPI link. UPI Global MMIO Low Base/Limit Displays the UPI global MMIO low base address and limit. UPI Global MMIO High Base/Limit Displays the UPI global MMIO high base address and limit. UPI PCIe Configuration Base/Size Displays the PCIe configuration base address and size.
Memory Configuration submenu
Figure 3-57 shows the Memory Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure memory settings such as the memory speed and memory RAS features as described in Table 3-48.
3-64 Figure 3-57 Memory Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-48 Items on the Memory Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Total Memory Displays the total memory capacity. N/A Current Memory Displays the current memory frequency. N/A Frequency Access the submenu for configuring the integrated memory IMC Configuration controller (IMC), as shown in Figure 3-58. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-49. Select whether to enforce POR restrictions on DDR4 frequency selection to improve memory reliability. Options: Enforce POR Auto • Auto. • Enforce POR. • Disabled. Select a memory frequency. Options: • Auto. • 1600. Memory Frequency Auto • 1866. • 2133. • 2400. • 2666.
3-65 Item Description Default Configure the load-reduced dual inline memory module (LRDIMM) delay setting. Options: LRDIMM Module • Disabled—Disables the memory regulator controller (MRC) Auto Delay from using SPD bytes 90 to 95 for module delay on LRDIMM memory. • Auto—Enables the system to automatically set the LRDIMM module delay. If the SPD value is 0 or out of range, MRC uses the default setting on the LRDIMM module. Select whether to enable the use of the rank margin tool after DDR4 memory training. Options: Rank Margin Tool • Auto—Use the default setting in the MRC. Auto • Disabled—Disables the rank margin tool. • Enabled—Uses the rank margin tool after DDR4 memory training. Select whether to enable data scrambling for enhanced detection of DDR4 address line errors. Data Scrambling for Options: Auto DDR4 • Auto. • Disabled. • Enabled. Select whether to enable the write CRC feature. Options: WR CRC Feature Auto—Uses the default setting in the MRC. If write CRC is • Auto Control enabled in the MRC, this item displays Auto. • Disabled—Disables write CRC. • Enabled—Enables write CRC. Select whether to enable DIMM isolation. Options: • Auto—Uses the default setting in the MRC. If DIMM DIMM Isolation isolation is enabled in the MRC, this item displays Auto. Auto Enable • Disabled—Disables DIMM isolation for command/address verification and the CRC write feature. • Enabled—Enables DIMM isolation for command/address verification and the CRC write feature. Custom Refresh Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable setting a N/A Enable custom memory refresh rate. This item is available only when Custom Refresh Enable is set Custom Refresh Rate to Enabled. N/A Set the memory refresh rate. Select a memory refresh mode. Options: Refresh Options • Acc Self Refresh—Enables accelerated memory refresh. N/A • 2x Refresh—Refreshes memory data at twice the normal refresh rate.
3-66 Item Description Default Select whether to enable command and address (C/A) parity check. Options: • Auto—Uses the default setting in the MRC. If C/A parity C/A Parity Enable check is enabled in the MRC, this item displays Auto. Auto • Disabled—Disables parity check on DDR4 commands and addresses. • Enabled—Enables parity check on DDR4 commands and addresses. Access the submenu that displays memory information, as Memory Topology shown in Figure 3-59. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-50. Access the submenu for configuring memory mapping and interleaving, as shown in Figure 3-60. Memory Map You can enable memory interleaving to improve memory read N/A and write performance. The submenu items are described in Table 3-51. Access the submenu for configuring memory reliability, Memory RAS availability, and serviceability (RAS) settings, as shown in Figure N/A Configuration 3-61. The submenu items are described in Table 3-52.
Figure 3-58 IMC Configuration submenu screen
3-67 Table 3-49 Items on the IMC Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the Enable ProcessorNumber IMC Enabled integrated memory controller for a processor.
Figure 3-59 Memory Topology submenu screen
Table 3-50 Items on the Memory Topology submenu screen
Item Description Displays information about the memory module of a processor (for example, DIMM A1 in channel 1 of processor 1), including: • Presence of the DIMM. Processor1 Ch1 DIMM A1: DIMM is • Enabling status of the DIMM. Present.DIMM • Memory specifications: Status:Enabled.DIMM Details: 2666MT/s Micron SRx4 16GB { Memory frequency. RDIMM { Vendor. { Number of ranks and bit width.
{ Memory capacity.
{ Memory type.
3-68 Figure 3-60 Memory Map submenu screen
Table 3-51 Items on the Memory Map submenu screen
Item Description Default Select the volatile memory mode. Options: Volatile Memory Mode • 1LM. 1LM • 2LM. • Auto. Select the granularity for 1LM memory interleaving. Options: 1LM Memory Interleave 256B Target,256B Channel. Auto Granularity • • 64B Target,64B Channel. • Auto. Select an interleaving mode for integrated memory controllers. Options: IMC Interleaving Auto • Auto. • 1-way Interleave. • 2-way Interleave. Select a memory channel interleaving mode. Options: • Auto. Channel Interleaving Auto • 1-way Interleave. • 2-way Interleave. • 3-way Interleave.
3-69 Item Description Default Select a memory rank interleaving mode. Rank interleaving enables interleaving of memory ranks on the same channel. Options: Rank Interleaving • Auto. Auto • 1-way Interleave. • 2-way Interleave. • 4-way Interleave. • 8-way Interleave. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable socket interleaving for memory below 4 GB. Socket Interleave Below Disabled 4GB This item is automatically disabled and cannot be enabled if the NUMA item is enabled. For more information about the NUMA item, see "Common RefCode Configuration submenu."
Figure 3-61 Memory RAS Configuration submenu screen
3-70 Table 3-52 Items on the Memory RAS Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Select a memory mirroring mode to optimize system reliability by using half the system memory capacity for backup. Options: • Disabled. • Mirror Mode 1LM. After you enable memory mirroring, the Total Memory Size Mirror Mode item on the Memory Configuration submenu screen Disabled displays the total available memory, which is half the installed physical memory. To identify the installed physical memory capacity, access the Smbios Type 17 structure from a shell (for example, the CLI) of the operating system. If all the DIMM slots are installed with DIMMs and memory mirroring is enabled, the memory capacity displayed on the POST self-test screen and the BIOS setup utility is larger than half the total installed physical memory. Select Mirror Mode 1LM to enable partial mirroring by using 1LM memory or select Disabled to disable partial Enable Partial Mirror mirroring. Disabled To use partial mirroring, you must select Disabled for Memory Rank Sparing. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable memory sparing for memory ranks. Memory rank sparing uses some ranks in the memory as spare ranks for the non-spare ranks on the same channel. Memory Rank Sparing Memory rank sparing is mutually exclusive with memory Disabled mirroring. When the independent RAS mode is set and memory rank sparing is enabled, both the independent RAS mode and memory rank sparing take effect. Select the number of spare ranks per channel. This item is available only when Memory Rank Sparing is set to Enabled. Options: Multi Rank Sparing • One Rank—Uses one spare rank on a channel. To use N/A one spare rank, each channel must have a minimum of two ranks. • Two Rank—Uses two spare ranks on a channel. To use two spare ranks, each channel must have a minimum of four ranks. Set the correctable error threshold. Correctable Error Value range: 0 to 32767. 4096 Threshold Value 0 indicates that no correctable error threshold is set. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable single SDDC Plus One Disabled device data correction (SDDC) plus one-bit error correction. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable adaptive double device data correction sparing (ADDDC). ADDDC Sparing This feature requires a B/L forced interleaving interval of Disabled 64B. ADDDC sparing can correct two-bit memory errors.
3-71 Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable patrol scrubbing. Patrol Scrub Patrol scrubbing allows a processor to automatically search Enabled for and correct correctable memory errors at regular intervals while the system is idle. Set the patrol scrub interval. This item is available only Patrol Scrub Interval 24 when Patrol Scrub is set to Enabled. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable demand scrubbing. Demand Scrub Disabled Demand scrubbing attempts to correct data errors when memory is read.
IIO Configuration menu
Figure 3-62 shows the IIO Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure the peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) slots, including their link speed and maximum payload size, as described in Table 3-53. Figure 3-62 IIO Configuration submenu screen
3-72 Table 3-53 Items on the IIO Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Access the IIO configuration submenu for a processor, for example, processor 1 or processor 2. The port items on the Processor 1 Configuration submenu vary by server model and PCIe module. Processor n Configuration Figure 3-63 and Figure 3-64 use the Processor 1 N/A Configuration submenu screen and the Processor 2 Configuration submenu screen for the R4900 G3 server as examples. The submenu items are described in Table 3-54. Access the submenu for enabling or disabling Intel Intel® VT for Directed I/O virtualization technology for directed I/O (VT-d), as shown N/A (VT-d) in Figure 3-67. The submenu items are described in Table 3-56. Access the submenu for configuring Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) technology, as shown in Figure Intel® VMD technology 3-68. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-57. Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable hot PCIe Hot Plug Enabled swapping of PCIe modules.
Figure 3-63 Processor 1 Configuration submenu screen
3-73 Figure 3-64 Processor 2 Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-54 Items on the Processor n Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Submenus for configuring PCIe ports. PCIe port submenu items, for Figure 3-65 shows the submenu for configuring Processor 1 example: PcieBr0D00F0 - Port 0/DMI, which slightly differs from the submenu for other PCIe ports, as shown in Figure 3-66. Processor 1 PcieBr0D00F0 - Port 0/DMI The submenu items are described in Table 3-55. Processor 1 PcieBr1D00F0 - Port 1A NOTE: Processor 2 PcieBr1D02F0 - Port 1C In this document, the PCIe port identified with "DMI" is referred to as the DMI PCIe port. The PCIe ports that do not have the "DMI" identification are referred to as non-DMI PCIe ports.
3-74 Figure 3-65 Submenu screen for Processor 1 PcieBr0D00F0 - Port 0/DMI
Figure 3-66 Submenu screen for non-DMI PCIe ports
3-75 Table 3-55 Items on the Processor 1 PcieBr0D00F0 - Port 0/DMI submenu screen
Item Description Default This item is available only for non-DMI PCIe ports. Select whether to enable the PCIe port. Options: Auto. PCI-E Port • Auto • Enabled. • Disabled. If Disabled is selected, the Hot Plug Capable and Link Speed items will not be available.
This item is available only for non-DMI PCIe ports. Hot Plug Capable Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the hot swapping N/A feature on the PCIe port.
This item is available only for non-DMI PCIe ports. Surprise Hot Plug N/A Capable Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the surprise hot swapping feature on the PCIe port.
Select a link speed for the PCIe port. Options: • Auto. Link Speed Auto • Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s). • Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s). • Gen 3 (8.0 GT/s). PCI-E Port Link Status Displays the PCIe port link status. N/A PCI-E Port Link Max Displays the maximum bandwidth of the PCIe port link. N/A PCI-E Port Link Speed Displays the PCIe port link speed. N/A
3-76 Figure 3-67 Intel® VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) submenu screen
Table 3-56 Items on the Intel® VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Intel virtualization technology for directed I/O (VT-d). Intel® VT for Directed I/O Enabled (VT-d) Intel VT-d enhances system security and reliability, and improves the performance of I/O devices in a virtualized environment.
3-77 Figure 3-68 Intel® VMD technology submenu screen
Table 3-57 Items on the Intel® VMD technology submenu screen
Item Description VMD configuration submenu for the volume management device on Intel® VMD for Volume Processor 1, as shown in Figure 3-69. Management Device on Processor 1 The submenu items are described in Table 3-58. VMD configuration submenu for the volume management device on Intel® VMD for Volume Processor 2, as shown in Figure 3-70. Management Device on Processor 2 The submenu items are described in Table 3-59.
3-78 Figure 3-69 Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 1 submenu screen
Table 3-58 Items on the Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 1submenu screen
Item Description Default This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Select whether to enable Intel® VMD for the volume management device in PStack0. Options: Intel® VMD for Volume • Disabled—Disables Intel® VMD for the volume Management Device for management device for PStack0. Auto PStack0 • Enabled—Enables Intel® VMD for the volume management device for PStack0. • Auto—Enables Intel® VMD automatically when an NVMe expander module is detected for the stack during POST. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Select whether to enable Intel® VMD for the volume management device in PStack2. Options: Intel® VMD for Volume • Disabled—Disables Intel® VMD for the volume Management Device for management device for PStack2. Auto PStack2 • Enabled—Enables Intel® VMD for the volume management device for PStack2. • Auto—Enables Intel® VMD automatically when an NVMe expander module is detected for the stack during POST.
3-79 Figure 3-70 Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 2 submenu screen
Table 3-59 Items on the Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 2 submenu screen
Item Description Default This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Select whether to enable Intel® VMD for the volume management device in PStack0. Options: Intel® VMD for Volume • Disabled—Disables Intel® VMD for the volume Management Device for management device for PStack0. Auto PStack0 • Enabled—Enables Intel® VMD for the volume management device for PStack0. • Auto—Enables Intel® VMD automatically when an NVMe expander module is detected for the stack during POST. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Select whether to enable Intel® VMD for the volume management device in PStack1. Options: Intel® VMD for Volume • Disabled—Disables Intel® VMD for the volume Management Device for management device for PStack1. Auto PStack1 • Enabled—Enables Intel® VMD for the volume management device for PStack1. • Auto—Enables Intel® VMD automatically when an NVMe expander module is detected for the stack during POST.
3-80 Item Description Default This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Select whether to enable Intel® VMD for the volume management device in PStack2. Options: Intel® VMD for Volume • Disabled—Disables Intel® VMD for the volume Management Device for management device for PStack2. Auto PStack2 • Enabled—Enables Intel® VMD for the volume management device for PStack2. • Auto—Enables Intel® VMD automatically when an NVMe expander module is detected for the stack during POST.
Advanced Power Management Configuration submenu
Figure 3-71 shows the Advanced Power Management Configuration submenu screen, on which you can configure advanced power management parameters, including P state control and C state control for processors and power management policy. The submenu items are described in Table 3-60. Figure 3-71 Advanced Power Management Configuration submenu screen
3-81 Table 3-60 Items on the Advanced Power Management Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Submenu for configuring CPU P-state control options, as shown in Figure 3-72. CPU P State Control On the submenu, you can select whether to enable Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) and turbo mode as described in Table 3-61. Submenu for configuring CPU C-state control options, as shown in Figure 3-73. CPU C State Control On the submenu, you can control the power consumption of CPUs in idle state as described in Table 3-62. Submenu for configuring package C state control options, as shown in Figure 3-74. Package C State Control On the submenu, you can set the C2 to C3 state transition timer as described in Table 3-63. Submenu for configuring CPU thermal management options, as CPU Thermal Management shown in Figure 3-75. The submenu items are described in Table 3-64. Submenu for configuring CPU advanced power management tuning, CPU Advanced PM Tuning as shown in Figure 3-77. The submenu items are described in Table 3-66.
Figure 3-72 CPU P State Control submenu screen
3-82 Table 3-61 Items on the CPU P State Control submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST). EIST (P-States) EIST allows the system to automatically adjust processor Enabled voltage and core frequency to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation. Turbo Mode Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Turbo mode. Enabled
Figure 3-73 CPU C State Control submenu screen
Table 3-62 Items on the CPU C State Control submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the autonomous core C-state. Autonomous Core Disabled C-State If this item is enabled, the hardware autonomously chooses to enter a C-state based on power consumption and clock speed. Select whether to enable the BIOS to report the C6 state to the operating system. Options: CPU C6 Report Disabled • Enabled. • Disabled. • Auto.
3-83 Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the C1E Enhanced Halt State feature. Disabled (C1E) C1E feature reduces the power consumption of a CPU by reducing its clock cycle and voltage during a Halt-state.
Figure 3-74 Package C State Control submenu screen
Table 3-63 Items on the Package C State Control submenu screen
Item Description Default Select the package C state limit. Options: • Auto. • C0/C1 state. Package C State C0/C1 state • C2 state. • C6 (non Retention) state. • C6 (Retention) state. • No Limit. Set the C2 to C3 state transition timer. C2C3TT Value range: 0 to 255. 0 If the timer is set to 0, the BIOS sets the timer automatically.
3-84 Figure 3-75 CPU Thermal Management submenu screen
Table 3-64 Items on the CPU Thermal Management submenu screen
Item Description CPU T-state control submenu, as shown in Figure 3-76. CPU T State Control The submenu items are described in Table 3-65.
3-85 Figure 3-76 CPU T State Control submenu screen
Table 3-65 Items on the CPU T State Control submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable Software Controlled T-State Disabled software controlled T-state.
3-86 Figure 3-77 CPU Advanced PM Tuning submenu screen
Table 3-66 Items on the CPU Advanced PM Tuning submenu screen
Item Description Energy and performance bias configuration submenu, on which you can configure the energy and performance policy for the system, as Energy Perf BIAS shown in Figure 3-78. The submenu items are described in Table 3-67.
3-87 Figure 3-78 Energy Perf BIAS submenu screen
Table 3-67 Items on the Energy Perf BIAS submenu screen
Item Description Default Select the operating system or the BIOS to control energy and performance bias tuning. BIOS Controls Energy Performance Tuning Options: EPB • OS Controls EPB. • BIOS Controls EPB. This item is available only when Energy Performance Tuning is set to BIOS Controls EPB. Select an energy and performance bias option. The setting for this option overrides the energy and performance bias configured by the operating system. Options: • Performance—Provides maximum system ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_CFG performance (maximum cooling) at the expense of Performance Mode energy efficiency. • Balanced Performance—Provides optimum performance with good energy efficiency. • Balanced Power—Provides optimum power efficiency with good performance. • Power—Provides maximum power efficiency (maximum power saving) at the expense of system performance.
Server Management menu
Figure 3-79 shows the Server Management menu, on which you can configure server management features such as the FRB-2 timer, OS watchdog timer, system event logging, and HDM.
3-88 The menu items are described in Table 3-41. You can also access the firmware information submenu from the Server Management menu. Figure 3-79 Server Management menu screen
Table 3-68 Items on the Server Management menu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the wait for HDM Wait for HDM Disabled feature. FRB-2 Timer Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the FRB-2 timer. Enabled Set the timeout time for the FRB-2 timer. Options: • 3 Minutes. • 4 Minutes. FRB-2 Timer 15 Minutes Timeout • 5 Minutes. • 6 Minutes. • 10 Minutes. • 15 Minutes. • 20 Minutes. Select the action to take when the FRB-2 timer expires. Options: • Do Nothing—No action is taken. FRB-2 Timer Policy Do Nothing • Reset—Reboot the system. • Power Down—Removes the main power from the system. • Power Cycle—Power cycles the system.
3-89 Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the OS watchdog timer. OS Watchdog Timer Disabled The OS watchdog timer starts when the operating system begins to run. This item is configurable only when OS Watchdog Timer is set to Enabled. Set the timeout time for the OS watchdog timer. OS Wtd Timer Options: 10 Minutes Timeout • 5 Minutes. • 10 Minutes. • 15 Minutes. • 20 Minutes. This item is configurable only when OS Watchdog Timer is set to Enabled. Select the action to take when the OS watchdog timer expires. Options: OS Wtd Timer Policy Reset • Do Nothing—No action is taken. • Reset—Reboots the system. • Power Down—Removes the main power from the system. • Power Cycle—Power cycles the system. Access the submenu for configuring system event logging, as System Event Log shown in Figure 3-80. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-69. Access the network configuration submenu for HDM access, as HDM Network shown in Figure 3-82. N/A Configuration The submenu items are described in Table 3-70. Access the submenu for managing HDM user accounts, as shown HDM User Settings in Figure 3-83. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-71. Restore the factory default settings for HDM.
Load HDM Default CAUTION: N/A The restoration process takes about 30 seconds. Do not configure any HDM settings before the server restarts. Access the submenu that displays the firmware information, as Firmware Information shown in Figure 3-86. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-75. Access the submenu that displays drive slot numbers and their HDD Slot Number corresponding silkscreens, as shown in Figure 3-87 and Figure and Silkscreen 3-88. N/A Mapping The submenu items are described in Table 3-76.
3-90 Item Description Default Select the power-on policy of the server when the server is connected to the power source. Options: • Always Power On—Enables the server to automatically start up when it is connected to the power source. • Always Remain Off—Disables the server from Restore Last AC Restore Settings automatically start up when it is connected to the power Power State source. • Restore Last Power State—Enables the server to return to the power state on the previous power-off. You can configure the power-on policy from the BIOS and HDM. The configuration in HDM takes precedence over the configuration in the BIOS.
Figure 3-80 System Event Log submenu screen
Table 3-69 Items on the System Event Log submenu screen
Item Description Default Enabling/Disabling Options Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable system event SEL Components Enabled logging.
3-91 Item Description Default Erasing Settings This item is available only when SEL Components is set to Enabled. Select a system event log erasure option. Options: Erase SEL • No—Disable automatic system event log erasure. No • Yes, On next reset—Erases the system event log only at next reboot. • Yes, On every reset—Erases the system event log at each reboot. Custom EFI Logging Options This item is available only when SEL Components is set to Enabled. Configure EFI status code logging. Options: Log EFI Status Error Code Codes • Disabled—Disables logging EFI status codes. • Both—Logs both EFI error codes and progress codes. • Error Code—Logs only EFI error codes. • Progress Code—Logs only EFI progress codes.
Figure 3-81 HDM Network Configuration submenu
3-92 Table 3-70 Items on the HDM Network Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable HDM network port bonding. HDM network port bonding aggregates the HDM dedicated network port and the shared network port into a bond port. Bond Mode Setting The bond port uses the IP address setting of the dedicated Disabled network port. After you enable HDM network port bonding, the HDM Network Configuration submenu displays only the HDM bonding network port information, and the BIOS setup page displays only the IP address of the HDM bond port. Select the IP address obtaining method for the port. Options: • Unspecified—Uses the current IP address obtaining Configuration Unspecified Address Source method and settings. • Static—Uses the manually configured static IP address. • DynamicHdmDhcp—Obtains an IP address from a DHCP server. Current Configuration Displays the current IP address obtaining method. N/A Address Source Station IP Address Displays the IP address of the port. N/A Subnet Mask Displays the subnet mask. N/A Station MAC address Displays the MAC address of the port. N/A Router IP Address Displays the gateway IP address. N/A Router MAC Address Displays the gateway MAC address. N/A
3-93 Figure 3-82 HDM User Settings submenu screen
Table 3-71 Items on the HDM User Settings submenu screen
Item Description Submenu for adding an HDM user account, as shown in Figure 3-83. Add User The submenu items are described in Table 3-72. Submenu for deleting an HDM user account, as shown in Figure Delete User 3-84. The submenu items are described in Table 3-73. Submenu for changing the settings of an existing HDM user account, Change User Settings as shown in Figure 3-85. The submenu items are described in Table 3-74.
3-94 Figure 3-83 Add User submenu screen
Table 3-72 Items on the Add User submenu screen
Item Description Default Specify the username, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 16 characters. User Name N/A The user name can contain letters, digits, and underscores (_). Specify an HDM user password. If password complexity check is enabled on the HDM Web interface, the password must meet the following requirements: • 8 to 20 characters in length. • Case sensitive. Valid characters are letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters: ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = [ ] \ { } | ; ' : " , . / < > ? • Must contain characters from at least two of the following categories: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits. • Must contain at least one space or special character. User Password • Must not be identical to the user name or the reverse of the N/A username. If password complexity check is disabled on the HDM Web interface, the password must meet the following requirements: • 2 to 20 characters in length. • Case sensitive. Valid characters are letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters: ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = [ ] \ { } | ; ' : " , . / < > ? By default, password complexity check is enabled on the HDM Web interface. For more information about enabling or disabling password complexity check, see HDM online help.
3-95 Item Description Default Select a user role, which represents a set of network and service access privileges. Options: • None—Does not assign any network access permissions to the User Privilege HDM user account. None Limit • User—Assigns the user the read-only permission to HDM. • Operator—Assigns the user the read permission to all HDM features and write permission to a limited set of HDM features. • Administrator—Assigns the user read and write permissions to all HDM features. Select whether to enable HDM access for the HDM user account. Options: Access to HDM • Enabled. Default • Disabled. • Default—Retains the saved setting.
Figure 3-84 Delete User submenu screen
Table 3-73 Items on the Delete User submenu screen
Item Description User Name Enter the username of the HDM user account to be deleted. User Password Enter the password of the HDM user account to be deleted.
3-96 Figure 3-85 Change User Settings submenu screen
Table 3-74 Items on the Change User Settings submenu screen Item Description Default User Name Enter the username of an existing HDM user account. N/A User Password Enter the password of the HDM user account. N/A This item is available only after you specify the correct user name and password for a user account. Select whether to enable HDM access for the user account. Access to HDM Options: Default • Enabled. • Disabled. • Default—Retains the saved setting. This item is available only after you specify the correct user name and password for an HDM user account. Change User Specify a new password. N/A Password The password must meet the complexity requirements described in Table 3-72. This item is available only after you specify the correct user name and password of an HDM user account. Assign role-based privileges to the user account. Options: User Privilege • None—Retains the current privileges of the user account. None Limit • User—Assigns the user the read-only permission to HDM. • Operator—Assigns the user the read permission to all HDM features and write permission to a limited set of HDM features. • Administrator—Assigns the user read and write permissions to all HDM features.
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Figure 3-86 Firmware Information submenu screen
Table 3-75 Items on the Firmware Information submenu screen
Item Description BIOS Information BIOS Vendor Displays the BIOS vendor. Compliancy Displays the standard with which the BIOS is compliant. Project Name Displays the project name. BIOS Version Displays the BIOS version. Build Date and Time Displays the date and time of the BIOS build. HDM Information HDM Self Test Status Displays the HDM self test status. HDM Device ID Displays the HDM device ID. HDM Device Revision Displays the HDM device revision. HDM Firmware Revision Displays the HDM firmware revision. IPMI Version Displays the IPMI version.
3-98 Figure 3-87 HDD Slot Number and Silkscreen Mapping submenu screen (1)
Figure 3-88 HDD Slot Number and Silkscreen Mapping submenu screen (2)
3-99 Table 3-76 Items on the HDD Slot Number and Silkscreen Mapping submenu screen
Item Description BIOS(Port) Displays the drive slot numbers in the BIOS. Silkscreen Displays the silkscreens on drives. Connecting 8SFF Indicates the two front-installed SFF drives controlled by the embedded RSTe RAID controller. 2SFF(Front)+RSTe(SATA) SATA indicates drive slot numbers displayed on the PCH SATA Configuration screen. Indicates the two front-installed SFF drives controlled by the embedded RSTe RAID controller. 2SFF(Front)+RSTe(sSATA) sSATA indicates drive slot numbers displayed on the PCH sSATA Configuration screen. Connecting 4NVME+4SFF HDD Indicates the four NVMe SSDs controlled by the 4-port NVMe 4NVME+Retimer expander module (Retimer). Indicates the four SFF HDDs controlled by the embedded RSTe RAID controller. 4SFF HDD+RSTe(SATA) SATA indicates drive slot numbers displayed on the PCH SATA Configuration screen. Indicates the four SFF HDDs controlled by the RAID or HBA 4SFF HDD+RAID/HBA controller. Connecting 8LFF HDD+4NVME Indicates the four NVMe SSDs controlled by the 4-port NVMe 4NVME+Retimer expander module (Retimer). Connecting 12LFF SATA HDD Indicates the eight LFF HDDs controlled by the embedded RSTe RAID controller. 8LFF+RSTe(SATA) SATA indicates drive slot numbers displayed on the PCH SATA Configuration screen. Indicates the four LFF drives controlled by the embedded RSTe RAID controller. 4LFF+RSTe(sSATA) sSATA indicates drive slot numbers displayed on the PCH sSATA Configuration screen. Connecting 8NVME Indicates the four NVMe SSDs controlled by the 4-port NVMe expander module (Retimer) installed in PCIe slot 1 or 2. 8NVME+Retimer (slot 1/2) For a 1U server, the expander module is installed in PCIe slot 1. For a 2U server, the expander module is installed in PCIe slot 2. Indicates the four NVMe SSDs controlled by the 4-port NVMe expander module (Retimer) installed in PCIe slot 2 or 5. 8NVME+Retimer (slot 2/5) For a 1U server, the expander module is installed in PCIe slot 2. For a 2U server, the expander module is installed in PCIe slot 5. Indicates the eight NVMe SSDs controlled by the 8-port NVMe 8NVME+Switch expander module (Switch).
3-100 NOTE: For the mapping relations between logic PCH SATA ports and drive backplane ports, see "Mapping relations of PCH SATA/sSATA ports and drive backplane ports."
Security menu
Figure 3-89 shows the Security menu, on which you can configure security features such as setting the BIOS administrator and user passwords. The menu items are described in Table 3-77. Figure 3-89 Security menu screen
Table 3-77 Items on the Security menu screen
Item Description Default Password Description Displays the password description. N/A Set the administrator password. Administrator Password If you access the BIOS with the administrator password, Empty you have full access to the BIOS. Set the user password. If you access the BIOS with the user password, you have User Password limited access to the BIOS. Table 3-78 shows the Empty submenus and submenu items that are inaccessible with the user password.
3-101 Item Description Default If the server contains hard disk drives that support HDD Security Configuration: security configuration, this item is displayed and the hard Hard disk drive that supports disk drives are listed. N/A security configuration, for Access the submenu for configuring security settings for example, P3:SAMSUNG a hard disk drive, as shown in Figure 3-90. MZ7LM240HCGR-00005 The submenu items are described in Table 3-79. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Access the submenu for configuring secure boot, as Secure Boot Menu N/A shown in Figure 3-91. The submenu items are described in Table 3-80.
Table 3-78 BIOS submenus and submenu items inaccessible with the user password
Level-1 menu Level-2 submenu Submenu items Enable ACPI Auto Configuration ACPI Settings Lock Legacy Resources Above 4G Decoding PCI Subsystem Settings Advanced SR-IOV Support Legacy USB Support USB Configuration XHCI Hand-off USB Mass Storage Device Support Wait for HDM Entire submenu inaccessible FRB-2 Timer Entire submenu inaccessible FRB-2 Timer Timeout Entire submenu inaccessible FRB-2 Timer Policy Entire submenu inaccessible OS Watchdog Timer Entire submenu inaccessible Server Mgmt OS Wtd Timer Timeout Entire submenu inaccessible OS Wtd Timer Policy Entire submenu inaccessible System Event Log Entire submenu inaccessible HDM Network Configuration Entire submenu inaccessible HDM User Settings Entire submenu inaccessible Administrator Password Entire submenu inaccessible System Mode Secure Boot Security Vendor Keys Secure Boot Menu Attempt Secure Boot Secure Boot Mode Key Management
3-102 Figure 3-90 HDD Security Configuration submenu screen
Table 3-79 Items on the HDD Security Configuration submenu screen
Item Description Security Supported Displays whether the hard disk drive supports security configuration. Displays whether an HDD user password has been set. Security Enabled If an HDD user password has been set, you must provide the password to unlock the hard disk drive before using it. Displays whether the hard disk drive is locked. Security Locked If the hard disk drive is locked, enter the user password to unlock it. Displays the security frozen status. Options: Security Frozen • Yes—The hard disk drive can be used but you cannot configure a user password for it. To change the security frozen status to No, you must power cycle the server. • No—The hard disk drive is not frozen. You can set the HDD user password. Displays whether an HDD user password is set (Installed) or not (Not HDD User Pwd Status Installed.) Set an HDD user password, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 32 characters which can contain letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters: ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = [ ] \ { } | ; ' : " , . / < > ? Set User Password Store the HDD user password in a safe place. You will be asked to enter the password during server startup. The hard disk drive will be locked on three consecutive password attempt failures.
3-103 Figure 3-91 Secure Boot Menu submenu screen
Table 3-80 Items on the Secure Boot menu screen
Item Description Default System Mode Displays the system mode. N/A Secure Boot Displays whether secure boot is active or inactive. N/A Vendor Keys Displays whether the vendor keys have been modified. N/A Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable secure boot. Secure boot can be enabled only when the following requirements are met: Attempt Secure Boot Disabled • The system is in user mode and the platform key is installed. • The CSM Support item on the CSM Configuration menu is set to Disabled. Select a secure boot mode. Options: • Standard. Secure Boot Mode Customized • Customized. In customized boot mode, you can change the image execution policy and manage secure boot keys. Access the submenu for key management, as shown Key Management in Figure 3-92. N/A The submenu items are described in Table 3-81.
3-104 Figure 3-92 Key Management submenu screen
Table 3-81 Items on the Key Management submenu screen
Item Description Default Provision Factory Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable provisioning Disabled Keys the factory default keys when the system is in setup mode. Install all factory default keys. Install Factory Default N/A Keys When factory default key installation is complete, this item changes to Reset all Secure Boot Variables. Save All Secure Boot Save all secure boot variables. N/A Variables Access the submenu for managing the platform key. You can Platform Key(PK) N/A select Set New Var to set a new key. Access the submenu for managing key exchange keys. Options: Key Exchange Keys N/A • Set New Var. • Append Key. Access the submenu for configuring authorized signatures. Options: Authorized Signatures N/A • Set New Var. • Append Key. Access the submenu for managing forbidden signatures. Options: Forbidden Signatures N/A • Set New Var. • Append Key.
3-105 Item Description Default Access the submenu for managing authorized timestamps. Options: Authorized TimeStamps N/A • Set New Var. • Append Key. Access the submenu for configuring operating system recovery signatures. OsRecovery Signatures Options: N/A • Set New Var. • Append Key.
Boot menu
Figure 3-93 shows the Boot menu, on which you can configure boot settings such as the boot type and boot sequence. The menu items are described in Table 3-82. Figure 3-93 Boot menu screen
Table 3-82 Items on the Boot menu screen
Item Description Default
Setup Prompt Set the number of seconds to wait for the setup activation key. 1 Timeout Value range: 1 to 65535. Bootup NumLock Select On or Off to turn on or turn off the NumLock key on the On State numeric keypad of the keyboard at system boot.
3-106 Item Description Default Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the quiet boot Quiet Boot Disabled mode. Select a boot mode. Options: Boot mode Select UEFI • Legacy. • UEFI. This item allows you to set a prioritized list of bootable devices from which the system can boot. Select each boot option (Boot Option #N) to specify a bootable device, as shown in Figure 3-94. The lower the option number, the Fixed Boot Order higher the priority. N/A Priorities In legacy mode, a drive is eligible for selection only if it has the highest boot priority (BBS priority) among all the drives of the same type. Boot Option #9 is available only in UEFI boot mode. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. UEFI Hard Disk N/A Drive BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of hard disk drives, as shown in Figure 3-95. This item is available only in legacy boot mode. Hard Disk Drive N/A BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of hard disk drives. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode and when one or more CD- or DVD-ROM drives are connected. UEFI CDROM/DVD Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of connected N/A Drive BBS Priorities CD- or DVD-ROM drives, as shown in Figure 3-96. The submenu items are described in Table 3-84. This item is available only in legacy boot mode and when one or CDROM/DVD Drive more CD- or DVD-ROM drives are connected. N/A BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of connected CD- or DVD-ROM drives. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode and when one or UEFI USB Hard more hard disk drives are connected through USB interfaces. Disk Drive BBS Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of hard disk N/A Priorities drives connected through USB interfaces, as shown in Figure 3-97. The submenu items are described in Table 3-85. This item is available only in legacy boot mode and when one or USB Hard Disk more hard disk drives are connected through USB interfaces. N/A Drive BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of hard disk drives connected through USB interfaces. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode and when one or more CD- or DVD-ROM drives are connected through USB UEFI USB interfaces. CDROM/DVD Drive Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of CD- or N/A BBS Priorities DVD-ROM drives connected through USB interfaces, as shown in Figure 3-98. The submenu items are described in Table 3-86.
3-107 Item Description Default This item is available only in legacy boot mode and when one or more CD- or DVD-ROM drives are connected through USB USB CDROM/DVD interfaces. N/A Drive BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of CD- or DVD-ROM drives connected through USB interfaces. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode and when one or UEFI USB Key more USB key drives are connected. N/A Drive BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of connected USB key drives. This item is available only in legacy boot mode and when one or USB Key Drive BBS more USB key drives are connected. N/A Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of connected USB key drives. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode and when one or UEFI USB Floppy more floppy drives are connected through USB interfaces. N/A Drive BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of the floppy drives connected through USB interfaces. This item is available only in legacy boot mode and when one or USB Floppy Drive more floppy drives are connected through USB interfaces. N/A BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of floppy drives connected through USB interfaces. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. UEFI Network Drive N/A BBS Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of available network drives. This item is available only in legacy boot mode. Network Drive BBS N/A Priorities Access the submenu for configuring the boot priorities of available network drives. This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. UEFI Application N/A Boot Priorities Access the submenu for configuring UEFI application boot priorities.
3-108 Figure 3-94 Setting the prioritized list of bootable devices
Figure 3-95 UEFI Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
3-109 Table 3-83 Items on the UEFI Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Boot Option #1 Select a hard disk drive as the first boot option. Boot Option #2 Select a hard disk drive as the second boot option.
Figure 3-96 UEFI CDROM/DVD Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-84 Items on the UEFI CDROM/DVD Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Boot Option #1 Select a CD- or DVD-ROM drive as the first boot option.
3-110 Figure 3-97 UEFI USB Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-85 Items on the UEFI USB Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Select a hard disk drive connected through a USB interface as the Boot Option #1 first boot option.
3-111 Figure 3-98 UEFI USB CDROM/DVD Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-86 Items on the UEFI USB CDROM/DVD Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Select a CD- or DVD-ROM drive connected through a USB device as Boot Option #1 the first boot option. Select a CD- or DVD-ROM drive connected through a USB device as Boot Option #2 the second boot option.
3-112 Figure 3-99 UEFI USB Key Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-87 Items on the UEFI USB Key Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Items Description Boot Option #1 Select a USB key drive as the first boot option.
3-113 Figure 3-100 EFI USB Floppy Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-88 Items on the UEFI USB Floppy Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Select a floppy drive connected through a USB interface as the first Boot Option #1 boot option.
3-114 Figure 3-101 UEFI Network Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-89 Items on the UEFI Network Drive BBS Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Boot Option #1 Select an available network drive as the first boot option. Boot Option #2 Select an available network drive as the second boot option. Boot Option #3 Select an available network drive as the third boot option. Boot Option #4 Select an available network drive as the fourth boot option. Boot Option #5 Select an available network drive as the fifth boot option. Boot Option #6 Select an available network drive as the sixth boot option. Boot Option #7 Select an available network drive as the seventh boot option. Boot Option #8 Select an available network drive as the eighth boot option.
3-115 Figure 3-102 UEFI Application Boot Priorities submenu screen
Table 3-90 Items on the UEFI Application Boot Priorities submenu screen
Item Description Boot Option #1 Select a UEFI application as the first boot option.
Save & Exit menu
Figure 3-103 shows the Save & Exit menu, on which you can save the BIOS parameter settings and exit BIOS. The menu items are described in Table 3-91.
3-116 Figure 3-103 Save & Exit menu screen
Table 3-91 Items on the Save & Exit menu screen
Item Description Save Options Save Changes and Exit Exit with changes saved. Discard Changes and Exit Exit without saving changes. Save Changes and Reset Restart the server with changes saved. Discard Changes and Reset Restart the server without saving changes. Save Changes Save changes without exiting the BIOS. Discard Changes Discard changes without exiting the BIOS. Default Options Restore Defaults Restore the factory-default settings. Select a boot device option and press Enter to boot from that device. This setting is a one-time setting that takes effect only at next boot. Subsequent boots will use the boot order configured on the Boot menu screen. If you have not saved changes, a Save & Reset dialog box will open after you select a boot option for Boot Override. Boot Override • To save the changes and reboot the server, select Yes. • To cancel the reboot, select No. NOTE: In legacy boot mode, a drive is eligible to be a boot option for Boot Override only if it has the highest priority (BBS priority) among all drives of the same type.
3-117 4 Mapping relations of PCH SATA/sSATA ports and drive backplane ports
This chapter describes the mapping relations of PCH SATA/sSATA ports on the system board and ports on the drive backplane connected by data cables when the embedded RAID controller is used. If only a mezzanine or standard storage controller is used, data cables connect ports on the drive backplane to the storage controller, instead of PCH SATA/sSATA ports on the system board. H3C UniServer R4900 G3 server 8LFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board
Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 7 controller SATA ports 0 through 7)
8LFF HDDs and 4LFF NVMe SSDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the Storage controller on the system board drive backplane
8LFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through Ports 0 through 7 controller + 4-port NVMe RAID controller) 7) expander module (4-port NVMe expander 4LFF NVMe SSDs module in PCIe slot 2) (4-port NVMe N/A N/A expander module)
8SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID controller Ports 0 through 7 (logic SATA ports 0 through 7)
4-1 8SFF HDDs and 8SFF NVMe SSDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane
8SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through Ports 0 through 7 controller + 8-port NVMe RAID controller) 7) expander module (expander module in 8SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slot 2) (8-port NVMe N/A N/A expander module)
8SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through Ports 0 through 7 controller + 4-port NVMe RAID controller) 7) expander modules (expander modules in 8SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slots 2 and 5) (4-port NVMe N/A N/A expander modules)
H3C UniServer R4700 G3 server 4LFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 3 controller SATA ports 0 through 3)
4LFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on the Ports on the drive Storage controller system board backplane PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic 4LFF HDDs Ports 0 through 3 Embedded RSTe SATA ports 0 through 3) RAID controller PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic 2SFF HDDs Ports 4 and 5 SATA ports 4 and 5)
4-2 4SFF NVMe SSDs and 4SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane 4SFF HDDs Embedded RSTe PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port RAID controller + (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through Ports 4 through 7 4-port NVMe RAID controller) 3) expander module 4SFF NVMe SSDs (expander module in (4-port NVMe N/A N/A PCIe slot 1) expander module)
8SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID controller Ports 0 through 7 (logic SATA ports 0 through 7)
8SFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane 2SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Ports 8 and 9 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 and 1) Embedded RSTe RAID RAID controller) controller + Mezzanine storage controller 8SFF HDDs (Mezzanine storage N/A N/A controller) 2SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID Ports 8 and 9 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 and 1) controller + standard RAID controller) storage controller (standard storage 8SFF HDDs controller in PCIe slot 1) (standard storage N/A N/A controller)
4-3 8SFF NVMe SSDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane
2SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID Ports 8 and 9 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 and 1) controller + 8-port NVMe RAID controller) expander module (expander module in 8SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slot 1) (8-port NVMe N/A N/A expander module) 2SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID Ports 8 and 9 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 and 1) controller + 4-port NVMe RAID controller) expander modules (expander modules in 8SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slots 1 and 2) (4-port NVMe N/A N/A expander modules)
H3C UniServer R2900 G3 server 8LFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 7 controller SATA ports 0 through 7)
12LFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 7 Embedded RSTe RAID SATA ports 0 through 7) controller PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port (logic Ports 8 through 11 sSATA ports 2 through 5)
4-4 12LFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 7 SATA ports 0 through 7) Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port (logic Ports 8 through 11 controller sSATA ports 2 through 5) PCH 7PIN SATA J13 port (logic Ports 28 and 29 sSATA ports 0 and 1)
8LFF HDDs and 4LFF NVMe SSDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane 8LFF HDDs Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port controller + 4-port (embedded RSTe RAID (logic SATA ports 0 through Ports 0 through 7 NVMe expander controller) 7) module 4LFF NVMe SSDs (expander module in (expander module in N/A N/A PCIe slot 2) PCIe slot 2)
8SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 7 controller SATA ports 0 through 7)
8SFF HDDs and 8SFF NVMe SSDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane 8SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID Ports 0 through 7 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through 7) controller + 8-port NVMe RAID controller) expander module (expander module in 8SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slot 2) (8-port NVMe N/A N/A expander module) 8SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID Ports 0 through 7 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through 7) controller + 4-port NVMe RAID controller) expander modules (expander modules in 8SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slots 2 and 5) (4-port NVMe N/A N/A expander modules)
4-5 H3C UniServer R2700 G3 server 4LFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 3 controller SATA ports 0 through 3)
Mezzanine storage controller N/A N/A
4LFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Ports on the drive Storage controller the system board backplane PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic 4LFF HDDs Ports 0 through 3 Embedded RSTe RAID SATA ports 0 through 3) controller PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic 2SFF HDDs Ports 4 and 5 SATA ports 4 and 5)
4SFF NVMe SSDs and 4SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane 4SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port Embedded RSTe RAID Ports 4 through 7 (embedded RSTe (logic SATA ports 0 through 3) controller + 4-port NVMe RAID controller) expander module (expander module in 4SFF NVMe SSDs PCIe slot 1) (4-port NVMe N/A N/A expander module)
8SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports on Storage controller Ports on the drive backplane the system board Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port (logic Ports 0 through 7 controller SATA ports 0 through 7)
4-6 8SFF HDDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane PCH mini-SAS HD J11 port 8SFF HDDs Ports 0 through 7 Embedded RSTe RAID (logic SATA ports 0 through 7) controller PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port 2SFF HDDs Ports 8 and 9 (logic sSATA ports 2 and 3) 2SFF HDDs PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port Ports 8 and 9 (embedded RSTe (logic sSATA ports 2 and 3) Embedded RSTe RAID RAID controller) controller + Mezzanine storage controller 8SFF HDDs (Mezzanine storage N/A N/A controller) 2SFF HDDs Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port Ports 8 and 9 controller + standard (embedded RSTe (logic sSATA ports 2 and 3) storage controller RAID controller) (standard storage 8SFF HDDs controller in PCIe slot (standard storage N/A N/A 1) controller)
8SFF NVMe SSDs and 2SFF HDDs
PCH SATA/sSATA ports Ports on the drive Storage controller on the system board backplane 2SFF HDDs Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port Ports 8 and 9 controller + 8-port (embedded RSTe RAID (logic sSATA ports 2 and 3) NVMe expander controller) module 8SFF NVMe SSDs (expander module in (8-port NVMe expander N/A N/A PCIe slot 1) module) 2SFF HDDs Embedded RSTe RAID PCH mini-SAS HD J12 port Ports 8 and 9 controller + 4-port (embedded RSTe RAID (logic sSATA ports 2 and 3) NVMe expander controller) modules 8SFF NVMe SSDs (expander modules in (4-port NVMe expander N/A N/A PCIe slots 1 and 2) modules)
4-7 5 Acronyms and abbreviations
Table 5-1 Acronyms and abbreviations
Term Definition A ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AES Advanced Encryption Standard AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller B BIOS Basic Input Output System C COD Cluster On Die CFG Configure CSM Compatibility Support Module D DCU Drive Control Unit DMA Direct Memory Access DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory E E2E End To End ECC Error Checking and Correcting EFI Extensible Firmware Interface EHCI Enhanced Host Controller Interface EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EMS Emergency Management Services EMCA Enhanced Machine Check Architecture G GPU Graphics Processing Unit H HBA Host Bus Adapter HDM H3C Device Management I IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IIO Integrated I/O Module
5-1 Term Definition IMC Integrated Memory Controller IRQ Interrupt Request M MAC Media Access Control MCTP Management Component Transport Protocol ME Management Engine MMIO Memory mapping I/O MRC Memory Reference Code N NIC Network Interface Controller NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt NUMA Non Uniform Memory Access O OS Operating System P PCH Platform Controller Hub PCI Peripheral Component Interface PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCU Power Controller Unit PK Platform Key POR Plan Of Record POST Power On Self Test PXE Preboot Execute Environment R RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks RAPL Running Average Power Limit RAS Reliability, Availability, Serviceability RMT Rank Margin Tool ROM Read-Only Memory RTS/CTS Request To Send/Clear To Send S SAS Serial Attached SCSI SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SCSI Small Computer System Interface SEL System Event Log SMI System Management Interrupt SPD Serial Presence Detect
5-2 Term Definition SR-IOV Single-Root I/O Virtualization T TCG Trusted Computing Group TDP Thermal Design Power TPM Trusted Platform Module TXT Trusted Execution Technologies U UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UID Unit Identification UPI Ultra Path Interconnect V VMD Volume Management Device VT-d Intel Virtualization Technology For Directed I/O VGA Video Graphics Array X XHCI eXtensible Host Controller Interface
5-3