Setting The Uefi Of A Server Blade - Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Getting Started Manual

Restarting the BMC from the CLI console
Execute the bmc-reset blade command. For more information on the bmc-
reset blade command, see the manual Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Series
Management Module User Guide.
Related topics
• The section on the bmc-reset blade command in the manual Hitachi
Compute Blade 2500 Series Management Module User Guide

Setting the UEFI of a server blade

Before installing the OS on the server blade, configure the CPU, the memory,
and the functionality of the on-board devices installed on the server blade.
These settings are configured using the functionality of the UEFI firmware
interface. The following are among the functionality that can be configured
with UEFI.
• Set the type and operational functionality of the CPU installed on the
server blade.
• Set the type and operational functionality of the DIMM installed on the
server blade.
• Set the options for storage, network devices, and the power supply unit
installed on the server blade.
• Set the RAID configuration of the storage installed on the server blade.
• Set up the PXE boot environment or iSCSI boot environment.
For more information on using UEFI to configure these environmental settings
on the server blade, see the manual Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Series UEFI
Setup Guide.
The setup menu for configuring UEFI on the server blade can be opened from
the remote console while the server blade is starting.
Related topics
• The manual Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 UEFI Setup Guide
• Powering on the server blade on page 3-11
• Starting the remote console on page 5-4
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