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Xeon Server Blade Setup Menu

EFI Setup Screen

By entering the EFI Setup screen while the server blade is booting, you can halt theboot process and check or change the settings.

With the EFI startup screen open, press the [F2] key to display the EFI Setup screen

The EFI Setup screen has six setup menus: Main, Advanced, Chipset, Boot,Security, and Save & Exit.


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Main Menu

Figure 5-1 Main menu

On the Main menu, you can check the following items:

EFI version: (1) in Figure 5-1

Installed memory: (2) in Figure 5-1

Server blade system time: (3) in Figure 5-1

Note: The keys used for operations in the EFI Setup menus are shown on the rightside of the screen. Make sure not to use function keys F1 to F4 because you mayunintentionally alter the settings with those keys.

Checking the EFI Version

The EFI version is the "XX.YY" part of "X8DTE XX.YY x64" in the "Project Version"field, where:

XX : Major VersionYY : Minor Version

In the example below, the EFI version is 50-33.

----------------- (1)

-------------- (2)

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Checking the Installed Memory

After increasing or replacing memory, you can check the amount of installed memoryfrom the following item. Note that the displayed size is the total memory.*

In this example, 3GB of memory is installed.

*Note that when memory mirroring mode is enabled, the displayed size is one half ofthe total installed memory.

Setting the Server Blade System Time

You can check and set the date and time set in the server blade system.

Move the cursor to the item you want to change.

Use the [Tab] key to toggle between "System Date" and "System Time". To changethe setting, use the plus (+) and minus (-) keys.


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Advanced Menu

On the Advanced menu, you can enable or disable the PXE booting option.

Figure 5-2: Advanced Menu

To enable PXE booting, move the cursor to "Launch PXE OpROM" and press the[Enter] key.

Figure 5-3: Setting PXE Enabled

The screen appears as in Figure 5-3. To specify "Enabled", move the cursor to[Enabled] and press the [Enter] key.


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Next, enable PXE booting for LAN1 in the same manner.

Figure 5-4: Setting LAN1 PXE Enabled

Be careful not to enable PXE booting for the LAN2 environment.

After changing a setting, make sure to select "Save Changes and Reset" or "SaveChanges" on the "Save & Exit" menu described later in this manual.

These are the items that can be set on the Advanced menu.


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Chipset Menu

On the Chipset menu, you can check memory-related and Wake On Lan settings.

Figure 5-5: Chipset Menu

Checking the Memory Mode and NUMA Settings

To check the Memory Mode and NUMA settings, select "North Bridge" on theChipset menu.

Figure 5-6: North Bridge Sub-Menu

Make sure that the settings for "Memory Mode" and "NUMA" are the same as the

settings on server blade Web console.See EFI Setup in Server Blade Web Console Function in this manual for detailsabout setting the memory mode on the server blade Web console.


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On the North Bridge sub-menu, you can check the "Memory Mode" and "NUMA"settings, but you must not attempt to change the settings.

Change the "Memory Mode" and "NUMA" settings, if necessary, only from the serverblade Web console.

The settings on the North Bridge sub-menu can be viewed only. They must not bechanged. Be careful because if a setting is changed inadvertently, the EFI may notstart.

Checking and Setting Wake On Lan

To check the Wake On Lan setting, select "South Bridge" on the Chipset menu.

Figure 5-7: South Bridge Sub-Menu

Wake On Lan is always set to "Enable".

If the setting appears as "Disable" for any reason, change it to "Enable". On theSouth Bridge sub-menu, Wake On LAN is the only setting you can change. Youmust not change the other settings.


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Boot Menu

On the Boot menu, you can set the boot paths.

Figure 5-8: Boot Menu

The boot devices are booted in the order (#n) set in the "Boot Option Priorities"(where n: 1, 2, 3,...).

About Boot Paths (Legacy Boot and EFI Boot)

Boot paths are categorized into two boot modes in the Compute Blade 2000. Theimplemented boot processing depends on which mode you select.

The two Compute Blade 2000 boot modes are:

Legacy booting (conventional mode and boot method)

EFI booting (newly supported mode and boot method)

The boot mode is determined automatically according to the boot device selected as"Boot Option #1".

When "Built-in Shell" or "UEFI:xxxxx" is selected as "Boot Option #1", EFI booting

applies and the legacy boot path will be ignored.Note that when a boot device other than "Built-in Shell" or "UEFI:xxxxx" is selectedas "Boot Option #1", the EFI boot path will be ignored.


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Selecting PXE Booting

PXE booting can be specified in the boot path if "Enabled" is set for "Launch PXEOpROM" on the Advanced menu.

To specify PXE booting, set "Boot Option #1" as follows:

Figure 5-9: Setting the PXE Boot Path

Figure 5-10: Screen with PXE Boot Path Specified

After changing the setting, remember to select "Save Changes and Reset" or "SaveChanges" on the "Save & Exit" menu described later in this manual.


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Security Menu

The Security menu is for setting the administrator or user password.

Figure 5-11: Security Menu

Any password can be set for a user.

When you set a password, however, it is always necessary to enter the password forauthentication on the way of booting the server module.

When you set the N+M cold standby, HA, or automatic OS boot, do not set apassword. Otherwise, the password authentication interrupts switching systems orbooting modules.


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Save & Exit Menu

Use the Save & Exit menu to save changes or to restore changed settings to the

defaults.

Figure 5-12: Save & Exit Menu

Table 5-1 describes the items on the Save & Exit menu.

Table 5-1: Menu Items and Processing

# Item Processing

1 Save Changes and Exit Saves changes and exits the Setup utility. Boots

the system from the device set in the boot path.

2 Discard Changes and Exit Discards changes and exits the Setup utility.

Boots the system from the device set in the boot

path.

3 Save Changes and Reset Saves changes and restarts the system.

4 Discard Changes and Reset Discards changes and exits the Setup utility.

Restarts the system.5 Save Changes Saves changes.

6 Discard Changes Discards changes.

7 Restore Defaults Restores settings to the system defaults.

8 Save as User Defaults Saves settings as user defaults.

9 Restore User Defaults Restores settings to the user defaults.

Boot Override

"Boot Override" on the Save & Exit menu allows you to boot the system from aspecific device, disregarding the boot path set as "Boot Option #1".

Unless otherwise specified, "Boot Override" would not normally be used.

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