Sun Server X4-8 Service Manual

BIOS Setup Utility Screens

The initial navigation of the BIOS Setup utility is through the tabs, which each open one of the top level screens. The following table lists and describes the tabs and the corresponding screens.

Menu Description Main General system and product information, including date and time, security, hardware configuration and CPU, and DIMM information. Advanced Configuration information for processors, CPU power management, USB ports, serial ports, trusted computing, network stack, legacy iSCSI, BMC network configuration, and UEFI iSCSI configuration. IO Configuration interface for plug-and-play (PnP) devices, virtualization, internal devices,and add-in cards. Boot Configuration interface for boot settings, including boot mode (Legacy or UEFI), Oracle System Assistant Configuration, and boot option priority. Exit Saves or discards changes.

This section contains screen captures of BIOS Setup utility screens. To access the BIOS Setup utility, see Access the BIOS Setup Utility.

The following sections describe each of the top-level BIOS screens. Each section includes a picture of the screen and a table describing the selectable items on the screen.

Other items on the screen either provide additional information, or open another screen.

Main Screen (Legacy)

The following table describes the selections on the BIOS Main screen.

Main Setup Options Options Description Project Version (R/O) BIOS version. This string is a unique identifier used to reference a specific BIOS release. Format is XXYYZZPP, which indicates: XX - Unique project/platform code. YY - BIOS major release. ZZ - BIOS minor release. PP - Build number. Example: 18.01.04.01 System Date System Date Current date. You can change the date setting. Example: [Thu 03/05/2013] System Time Current time. You can change the time setting. Example: [13:38:27] QPI Link Speed (R/O) SLOW, 6.4 GT/s 7.2 GT/s 8.0 GT/s Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) operational speed. Total Memory (R/O) Memory in gigabytes. Example: 64 GB (DDR3) Current Memory Speed (R/O) Memory speed. Example: 1333 MHz USB Devices (R/O) Detected USB devices. Example: 1 drive, 2 keyboards, 2 Mice, 1 point BMC Status (R/O) Normally "Healthy" BMC Firmware Revision (R/O) The service processor firmware version. Example: 3.3.2.0 r85361 Product Information (R/O) Product information. Product Name Product name. Example: Sun Server X4-8 Product Serial Number Product serial number. Example: a12345b12345 Board Serial Number Board serial number. Example: 489089M+11280W0041 CPU Information (R/O) Attributes of a single processor (CPU) are defined. A separate information structure is provided for each processor supported in the system. Most of the values are dependent on the processor. Socket 0 CPU Information If CPU socket 0 is populated, the following options are listed. Otherwise, displays "Not Present." Intel CPU @ 2.80 GHz Processor ID brand. CPU Signature Processor (CPU) information. Example: 306E7 Microcode Patch Software update (microcode patch) information. Example: 704 Max CPU Speed Maximum non-turbo speed of the processor. Example: 2800 MHz Min CPU Speed Minimum speed of the processor. Processor Cores Number of available processor cores. Example: 15 Intel HT Technology Indicates whether Intel Hyper Threading is supported. Intel VT-x Technology Indicates whether Intel Virtualization Technology is supported. L1 Data Cache Example: 32 KB x 15 L1 Code Cache Example: 32 KB x 15 L2 Cache Example: 256 KB x 15 L3 Cache Example: 38400 KB DIMM Information (R/O) Memory module (DIMM) presence and size information are displayed. Processor X DIMMs If DIMM is present, memory size in gigabytes. Otherwise, displays "Not Present." D0...D23 Shows where DIMM is installed and memory size in gigabytes. Example: Processor 0 DIMMs D0 – 32 GB D1 – 32 GB D2 – 32 GB D3 – 32 GB D4 – 32 GB D5 – 32 GB D6 – 32 GB D7 – 32 GB D8 – 32 GB D9 – 32 GB D10 – 32 GB D11 – Not present D12 – 32 GB D13 – Not present D14 – Not present D15 – Not present D16 – Not present … Security Setting Configure the security setting. Administrator Password Set the Administrator password.

Advanced Screen (Legacy)

The following sections show the sub-selections on the Advanced screen.

Advanced - Processor Configuration

Advanced Setup Options Options Defaults Description Processors Enable or disable processor (CPU) features. Hyper-threading Disabled/Enabled Enabled When enabled, two threads are available per enabled core. When disabled, only one thread per enabled core is available. Execute Disable Bit Disabled/ Enabled Enabled When enabled, execute disable bit can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting OS (Oracle Solaris, Oracle VM, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESXi). Hardware Prefetcher Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable the mid-level cache (L2) streamer prefetcher. Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable the mid-level cache (L2) prefetching of adjacent cache lines. DCU Streamer Prefetcher Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable prefetching of next L1 data line based on multiple loads in same cache line. DCP IP Prefetcher Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable prefetching of next L1 line based on sequential load history. Intel Virtualization Technology Disabled/ Enabled Enabled When enabled, a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel Virtualization Technology. CPU Power Management Configuration Displays processor (CPU) information. BIOS provides C-states, P-states, and T-states support in order for the OS to manage the power utilization of the system. Power management is also controlled by the service processor based on system policies. Power Technology Disabled/ Enabled/ Efficient/ Custom Efficient Enable the power management features. The following options are not displayed if Power Technology is set to Disabled. Intel SpeedStep Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Displays only if Power Technology is set to Custom. Enable or disable Intel SpeedStep. The Intel technology used to support P-state transitions is referred to as Intel SpeedStep. CPU C3 Report Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Displays only if Power Technology is set to Custom and power state (C3) is supported by the CPU. Enable or disable CPU C3 (ACPI C2) report to the operating system. Turbo Mode Disabled/ Enabled Displays only if Power Technology is set to Custom, Intel SpeedStep is set to enabled, and TurboMode is supported in the CPU. Energy Performance Performance/ Balanced Performance Balanced Performance Optimize between performance and power savings. Windows 2008 and later operating systems override this value according to its power plan. Uncore Frequency Scaling Disabled/ Enabled Disabled Frequency scaling for the uncore portion of the CPU. When Enabled allows uncore portions (I/O) of the CPU to change frequencies along with CPU cores when P-States are changed. If Disabled, uncore portions are not affected by P-State changes. USB Ports Set USB port configuration parameters. EHCI Hand-off Disabled/ Enabled Disabled Enable or disable Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) hand-off support. Port 60/64 Emulation Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. Enable this setting for the complete USB keyboard legacy support for non-USB aware operating systems. Rear Port 0 Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable rear USB Port 0. Rear Port 1 Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable rear USB Port 1. Internal Port 0 Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable internal USB Port 0. By default, internal port 0 is reserved for Oracle System Assistant. Internal Port 1 Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable internal USB Port 1. Serial Port Console Redirection Provides the capability to redirect console output/input to the serial port. Graphic output is not redirected. BIOS serial console redirection lets you monitor BIOS POST messages and navigate the BIOS Setup utility menus and Option ROMs from a terminal connected to the server using a serial connection. EMS Console Redirection Disabled/ Enabled Disabled Enable or disable console redirection for Windows Emergency Management Service (EMS) administration. Console Redirection Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable console redirection. Terminal Type VT100/ VT100+/ VT-UTF8/ ANSI VT100+ Select the emulation for the terminal: VT100: ASCII character set. VT100+: Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. VT-UTF8: Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode characters onto one or more bytes. ANSI: Extended ASCII character set. Bits per Second 9600/ 10200 / 57600/ 115200 9600 Select the serial port transmission speed. The speed must be matched on the connecting serial device. Long or noisy lines require lower speeds. Data Bits 07/08/11 8 Select the data bits. Parity None/ Even/ Odd/ Mark/ Space None A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. None: No parity bits are sent. Even: Parity bit is 0 if the number of 1s in the data bits is even. Odd: Parity bit is 0 if the number of 1s in the data bits is odd. Mark: Parity bit is always 1. Space: Parity bit is always 0. Mark and Space parity do not allow for error detection. They can be used as an additional data bit. Stop Bits 01/02/11 1 Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning of a serial data packet.) The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit. Flow Control None/ Hardware/ RTS/ CTS None Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a "stop" signal can be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a "start" signal can be sent to restart the flow. Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start and stop RTS (request to send) and CTS (clear to send) signals. Trusted Computing If you intend to use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) feature set, you must configure the server to support TPM. The TPM feature is used by the OS for proof that BIOS code has not been tampered with. For details on modifying TPM, refer to Oracle x86 Administration Guide for X4 Series Servers at: https://www.oracle.com/goto/x86admindiag/docs TPM Support Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable TPM support. Only UEFI BIOS implements this setup option. If disabled, the OS does not show TPM. TPM State Disabled/ Enabled Disabled Displays whether TPM Support is enabled. Current TPM Status Information (R/O) If TPM Support is disabled, Current TPM Status displays "TPM SUPPORT OFF." If TPM Support is enabled, Current TPM Status displays: TPM Enabled Network Stack Configure network stack settings. Network Stack Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Enable or disable the UEFI network stack. Legacy iSCSI Enabled allows booting to iSCSI in Legacy Boot Mode. BMC Network Configure Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) network parameters. BMC Network: Current Active Management Port (R/O) Disabled/ Enabled Enabled Active management port settings are displayed. Refresh Refresh current BMC network information with the latest information from the service processor. Active Management Port NETMGT/ NET0/ NET1/ NET2/ NET3 Change the management port that is currently active. Commit Commit the current BMC network information. IPv4 Configuration (R/O) Current configuration of the IPv4 settings. Channel Number (R/O) Current channel number. IPv4 Assignment (R/O) Static/Dynamic Static View whether the service processor is assigned a static IPv4 address or assigned a dynamic IPv4 address using Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP). Current IPv4 Address in BMC (R/O) Current IPv4 address of the service processor. Example: 172.31.255.255 Current IPv4 MAC Address in BMC (R/O) Current IPv4 MAC address for the service processor. Example: 00:12:46:BE:0A:02 Current IPv4 Subnet Mask in BMC (R/O) Current IPv4 subnet mask address for the service processor. Example: 255.255.255.0 Refresh Select Refresh to update to the current settings. IPv4 Address If IPv4 Assignment is set to Static, set the IPv4 address for the service processor. IPv4 Subnet Mask If the IPv4 Assignment is set to Static, set the IPv4 subnet mask. Example: 255.255.255.0 IPv4 Default Gateway If the IPv4 Assignment is set to Static, set the IPv4 default gateway. Example: 129.144.82.254 Commit Commit the IPv4 configuration settings. IPv6 Configuration (R/O) Static/Dynamic Dynamic Current configuration of the IPv6 settings. IPv6 addresses are written with hexadecimal digits and colon separators. For example: 2001:0db0:000:82a1:0000:0000:1234:abcd. IPv6 addresses are composed of two parts: a 64-bit subnet prefix and a 64-bit host interface ID. To shorten the IPv6 address, you can (1) omit all leading zeros, and (2) replace one consecutive group of zeros with a double colon (::). For example: 2001:db0:0:82a1::1234:abcd Channel Number (R/O) 1 Current channel number. Current IPv6 State (R/O) Current IPv6 state. Current IPv6 Auto Configuration (R/O) Current IPv6 autoconfiguration parameters are displayed. Link Local IPv6 Address (R/O) Current link local IPv6 address. Example: fe80::214:4fff:feca:5f7e/64 Static IPv6 Address (R/O) Current static IPv6 address. Example: 2001:0db0:000:82a1:0000:0000:1234:abcd IPv6 Gateway (R/O) Current IPv6 gateway address. Example: fe80::211:5dff:febe:5000/128 Dynamic IPv6 Address 1 – (R/O) Current dynamic IPv6 address. Example: fec0:a:8:b7:214:4fff:feca:5f7e/64 Refresh Select Refresh to update to the current settings. IPv6 State (R/O) Disabled/ Enabled View whether the IPv6 state is enabled or disabled. Auto IPv6 Configuration Disabled/ Stateless/ Dhcpv6_ stateless/ Dhcpv6_ stateful Disabled Autoconfiguration options are: Disabled: When autoconfiguration is disabled, only the Link Local address is set. None of the autoconfiguration options to configure an IPv6 address are run. Stateless: When enabled, the IPv6 Stateless autoconfiguration is run to learn the IPv6 addresses for the device. Dhcpv6_stateless: When enabled, the Dhcpv6_stateless autoconfiguration is run to learn the DNS and domain information for the device. Dhcpv6_stateful: When enabled, the Dhcpv6_stateful autoconfiguration is run to learn the IP addresses and DNS information for the device. Static IPv6 Address Set the static IPv6 address. Example: 2001:0db0:000.82a1:0000:0000:1234:abcd Commit Commit the IPv6 configuration settings.

Advanced - CPU Power Management Configuration

Memory Configuration

Advanced - USB Ports

Advanced - Serial Port Console Redirection

Advanced - Trusted Computing

Advanced - Network Stack

Advanced - Legacy iSCSI

Advanced - BMC Network Configuration

IO Screen

IO Setup Options Options Defaults Description PCI Subsystem Settings Configure PCI, PCI-X, and PCI Express settings. PCI 64 Bit Resources Allocation Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable 64-bit capable devices to be decoded in above 4G address space. This setting is available only if the system supports 64-bit decoding. IO Virtualization Configure single root I/O virtualization settings. VT-d Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Intel Virtualization Technology for directed I/O (VT-d). If enabled, ensures improved isolation of I/O resources for greater reliability, security, and availability. SR-IOV Disabled/Enabled Disabled Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) is used to configure devices into multiple virtual devices that can be used on virtual OS installations. If supported by the hardware and set to enabled, all devices within the system that are SR-IOV capable are configured to support SR-IOV and I/O resources are allocated to the device as normal. If set to disabled, I/O resources are not allocated to the device. ARI Disabled/Enabled Disable If Alternate Routing ID (ARI) is supported by the hardware and set to enabled, devices are permitted to locate virtual functions (VFs) in function numbers 8 to 255 of the captured bus number, instead of normal function numbers 0 to 7. I/OAT Configure settings for the Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT). Intel I/OAT Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Intel I/OAT. DCA Support Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable direct cache access (DCA) support. Internal Devices Configure settings for the embedded network controller. Net 0/1 OpROM Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Option ROM. If set to enabled, Option ROM for the card executes as normal. If set to disabled, Option ROM for the card is not copied into memory and the execution of the Option ROM is inhibited. Net 2 and Net 3 OpROM Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Option ROM. If set to enabled, Option ROM for the card executes as normal. If set to disabled, Option ROM for the card is not copied into memory and the execution of the Option ROM is inhibited. Add-in Cards Enable or disable the add-in cards. Slot 1 IO Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable I/O for the add-in card. OpROM Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Option ROM for add-in card. Slot 2 IO Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable I/O for the add-in card. OpROM Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Option ROM for add-in card. Slot 3 IO Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable I/O for the add-in card. OpROM Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Option ROM for add-in card. Slot Internal Disabled/Enabled Enabled IO Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable the I/O for the internal host bus adapter (HBA) card. OpROM Enable Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Option ROM for the internal host bus adapter (HBA) card.

Boot Screen

The boot screen differs slightly depending on whether the server is in UEFI boot mode or in legacy boot mode.

Option Default Description UEFI/BIOS Boot Mode Legacy Select Legacy or UEFI boot mode (UEFI boot mode shown above) Retry boot list Enabled If enabled, BIOS automatically retries to boot from the top of the Boot Options Priority list when all devices have been attempted and failed. Network Boot Rerty Enabled If enabled, BIOS automatically retries the PXE list present in the system when all PXE attempts have failed. If disabled, the system halts and displays the error message "Network Boot Failed" when all PXE boots failed. If set to Boot List, fail over to the main Boot Options Priority list. Persistent Boot Support Disabled Allows devices to maintain a position in the boot priority list even after removal so that, if the device is returned, it is not assigned to a lower priority position. UEFIcfg LateSync Enabled Allows synchronization to occur immediately after a BIOS configuration change by automatically rebooting the system. OSA Configuration > OSA Internal Support Enabled Open OSA Configuration screen and toggle OSA Internal Support to enable or disable booting OSA from the internal USB port Boot Option Priority Order of discovery by BIOS Move items up and down the list to change the boot priority order in legacy boot mode. This list changes when the boot mode changes.