HP Insight Cluster Management Utility 2.1.7 Configuring the BIOS, Com, COM1, COM2, COM1, Auto, Speed 9600 Bd, 2.1.7.1DL3xx, DL5xx, DL7xx, Blades, NIC 1 PXE boot or PXE enabled NIC 2 Disabled

NOTE: On Blade servers, to configure the IP addresses on the iLO cards, you can use the

EBIPA on the OA. For instructions, see “Configuring iLO cards from the OA: Blades only” (page 16).

NOTE: Blade servers do not use the Single Sign-On capability. You must configure each Blade individually and create the same username and password. For instructions, see “Disabling server automatic power on: Blades only” (page 16).

2.1.7 Configuring the BIOS

Generally, BIOS parameters that affect HP Insight CMU are:

•Boot order parameters. (Network boot must have the highest priority.)

•Parameters that enable the BIOS boot process and the Linux boot process to be visualized at the iLO serial console. (Those parameters must be set for BIOS startup and Linux boot to be monitored from a remote connection through the iLO port.)

•Parameters that affect the behavior of the local disk controller. Parameter names can differ from one server to another and cannot be documented exhaustively.

IMPORTANT: If the boot order is not correctly set, then cloning and backup fail on the cluster.

Examples are provided in the following sections.

2.1.7.1DL3xx, DL5xx, DL7xx, Blades

Parameters:

•Embedded serial port COM1

•Virtual serial port COM2

•Embedded NIC

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NIC 1 PXE boot or PXE enabled NIC 2 Disabled

NIC 3 Disabled (not always present) NIC 4 Disabled (not always present)

•Boot order

1.PXE

2.CD

3.DISK

•BIOS Serial console

◦ BIOS Serial Console Com 2

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Speed 9600 Bd

EMS Console COM1

Interface Mode Auto

2.1.7.1.1 OA IP address: Blades only

Assign the OA IP address in the same subnet as the administration network.

2.1 Installing HP Insight CMU 15