Cisco Systems Disabling Quiet Boot in BIOS: Steps for Cisco CIMC Firmware and UCS C210

Appendix

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.

When you boot the server and you have quite boot disabled (see How to Disable Quiet Boot for CIMC Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page C-5), information about your controller is displayed along with the prompts for the key combination to launch the option ROM-based utilities for your controller.

Watch for the prompt for your controller during verbose boot:

•The prompt for LSI controller card utility is Ctrl-H.

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