Required BIOS Settings for Intel® Data Systems for HCI, Certified for Nutanix* Enterprise Cloud Platform (R2XXXWF)
Check the required BIOS settings for Intel® Data Center Blocks for Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform (R2XXXWF) to prepare the server system for deployment and installation of Nutanix software.
| Note | Intel® Data Systems (Intel® DCS) is formerly Intel® Data Center Blocks (Intel® DCB) |
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BIOS Option Settings
| BIOS Option | Default | ITK Change |
| Custom BIOS Revision | NA | NX03 |
| Advanced > Integrated IO Configuration > Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O | Disabled | Enabled |
| Advanced > Integrated IO Configuration > ACS Control | Enabled | Enabled |
| Advanced > Integrated IO Configuration > Coherency Support | Disabled | Enabled |
| Advanced > Memory Configuration > Memory RAS and Performance Configuration > ADDDC Sparing | Enabled | Disabled (setting only available when using 4x DIMM) |
| Advanced > Power & Performance > Hardware P States > Hardware P-States | Native Mode | Disabled |
| Advanced > Processor Configuration > Intel(R) Virtualization Technology | Disabled | Enabled |
| Server Management > Reset on CATERR | Enabled | Enabled |
| Server Management > Resume On AC Power Loss | Stay Off | Last State |
| Boot Maintenance manager > Advanced Boot Option > Boot Mode | UEFI Boot | Legacy |
| Advanced > System Acoustic and Performance Configuration >Set Fan Profile | Acoustic | Performance |
FRU Information Settings (non-default only)
| In addition to the normal L9 Product FRU and in “Chassis Extra” “Nutanix-Qualified” | FRU | “Chassis Extra” “Nutanix-Qualified” To be added in: Additional Field 1 |
| “Chassis Extra 2 “LCM 6.00” | FRU | “Chassis Extra 2” “DCF 7.00” |
| The Product Version must reflect the number of drive slots in the system. 24 drive slots “Product Version” “LWF2224NXxxxxxx” 16 Drives slots “Product Version” “LWF2216NXxxxxxx” 12 drive slot (3.5 in) “Product Version” “LWF2312NXxxxxxx”
| FRU | “Product Version”
“LWF2224NXxxxxxx” Or “LWF2216NXxxxxxx” Or “LWF2312NXxxxxxx”
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Server Management (BMC) Settings (non-default only)
| Required Change | Component | Setting |
| Enable Complex Password set to DISABLED
Ipmitool raw 0x3e 0x76 0x01 0x00 | BMC | DISABLED |
| Resume on AC Power Loss | BMC | RESTORE |
| Configuration > User Configuration > User 2 > Privilege
Via syscfg syscfg /up 2 3 ADMIN | BMC | Administrator |
| Configuration > User Configuration > User 2 > User Status
Via syscfg syscfg /userenable 2 enable 3 | BMC | Enable User 2 for Channel 3 |
| Server Management > BMC LAN Configuration > User Configuration > User 2 > User Name
Via syscfg syscfg /user 2 root <DMN MAC > | BMC | root |
| Server Management > BMC LAN Configuration > User Configuration > User 2 > Password
Via syscfg syscfg /user 2 root <DMN MAC> | BMC | <DMN MAC Label>
Password must match Barcode label value – Case Sensitive. All lowercase |
| Server Management > BMC LAN Configuration > IPv6
Via syscfg syscfg /lc 3 102 enable | BMC | Enable IPv6 Channel 3 |
| Server Management > BMC LAN Configuration > IPv6 Source
Via syscfg syscfg /lc 3 103 static | BMC | Set IPV6 source static Channel 3 |
| Server Management > BMC LAN Configuration > IPv6 Address
Via syscfg syscfg /lc 3 104 <Link-local IP> | BMC | Channel 3 Set IPV6 link-local IP using the Dedicated Management NIC address for channel 3 as shown by running ipmitool lan print 3.
Set in Progress : Set Complete Auth Type Support : MD5 PASSWORD Auth Type Enable : Callback : : User : : Operator : : Admin : : OEM : IP Address Source : Static Address IP Address : 192.168.43.5 (example only) Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 (example only) MAC Address : a4:bf:01:ec:6f:d2 (example only) SNMP Community String : public IP Header : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x10 BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled Gratuitous ARP Intrvl : 2.0 seconds Default Gateway IP : 192.168.43.250 (example only) Default Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00 Backup Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0 Backup Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00 802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled 802.1q VLAN Priority : 0 RMCP+ Cipher Suites : 1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12,15,16,17 Cipher Suite Priv Max : XXaXXXXXXXaXXXX : X=Cipher Suite Unused : c=CALLBACK : u=USER : o=OPERATOR : a=ADMIN : O=OEM
Example, if the DMN MAC address was “a4bf01ec6fd2”, the IPv6 link-local IP would be: fe80:0000:0000:0000:a6bf:01ff:feec:6fd2
mac_to_ipv6 () { IFS=':'; set $1; unset IFS ipv6_address="fe80:0000:0000:0000:$(printf %02x $((0x$1 ^ 2)))$2:${3}ff:fe$4:$5$6" }
Usage: mac_to_ipv6 a4:bf:01:ec:6f:d2 Result: fe80:0000:0000:0000:a6bf:01ff:feec:6fd2
# DMN MAC ADDRESS ipmitool lan print 3
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| cipher3_enable.nsh (Script in flash package K6930601) | BMC | Enable Cipher 3 for channel 3 ipmitool raw 0x0c 0x01 0x03 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x04 0x00 |