Cisco Systems How to Disable Quiet Boot in BIOS for Cisco CIMC: RAID Configuration and Password Recovery

Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations

How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1)

•If the mezzanine-style card is enabled, you are prompted to press Ctrl-Cto launch the configuration for these cards. See also Enabling the Mezzanine Card RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-3

•If no models of card are displayed but there is a RAID configuration, your server is using the onboard ICH10R controller. You are also prompted to press Ctrl-Mto launch the configuration utilities for this controller (see graphic below). See also Enabling the Integrated Intel ICH10R RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-2.

How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1)

For CIMC firmware and BIOS release 1.2(1) and later, Quiet Boot has been removed. If you are running CIMC firmware and BIOS earlier than release 1.2(1), you can use the following procedure to disable Quiet Boot.

To disable quiet boot so that the controller information and the prompts for the option ROM-based LSI utilities are displayed during bootup, follow these steps:

Step 1 Boot the server and watch for the F2 prompt during bootup.

Step 2 Press F2 when prompted to enter the BIOS Setup utility.

Step 3 On the Main page of the BIOS Setup utility, set Quiet Boot to Disabled. This allows non-default messages, prompts, and POST messages to display during bootup instead of the Cisco logo screen.

Step 4 Press F10 to save your changes and exit the utility.

How To Launch Option ROM-Based Controller Utilities

To alter the RAID configurations on your hard drives, you can use your host-based utilities that you install on top of your host OS, or you can use the LSI option ROM-based utilities that are installed on the server.

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