Required BIOS Settings for Intel® Data Systems for HCI, Certified for Nutanix* Enterprise Cloud Platform (H2XXXBP)
Check the required BIOS settings for Intel® Data Systems for HCI, certified for Nutanix* Enterprise Cloud Platform (H2XXXBP) 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.
| FRU | “LBP2224NXxxxxxx” Or “LBP2312NXxxxxxx” |
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 |