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Document config for BIOS accessibility over IPMI 
 
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 | 2 | In the Dell PowerEdge SC1435 servers delivered July 2008, | 
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 | 3 | there are several BIOS settings that need to be frobbed on setup. | 
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 | 4 |  | 
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 | 5 | in the setup screen at F2: | 
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 | 6 | - CPU -> Virtualization Technology: on | 
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 | 7 | - Boot Sequence: disable NIC | 
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 | 8 | - Integrated Devices -> Embedded Gb NIC: turn off PXE | 
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| [1566] | 9 | - Serial Communication: | 
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 | 10 |   - Serial Communication: On with Console Redirection via COM2 | 
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 | 11 |   - External Serial Connector: COM1 | 
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 | 12 |   - Failsafe Baud Rate: 57600 | 
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 | 13 |   - Remote Terminal Type: VT100/VT220 | 
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 | 14 |   - Redirection After Boot: Disabled | 
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| [803] | 15 |  | 
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 | 16 | in the setup screen for remote management, at Ctrl-E: | 
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| [1537] | 17 | - Turn on IPMI over LAN | 
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| [803] | 18 | - IP is (main IP) =~ s/18.181.0/10.5.128/ | 
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 | 19 |   e.g. 10.5.128.221 for citadel-station == 18.181.0.221 | 
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| [925] | 20 | - netmask is 255.255.0.0 | 
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| [928] | 21 | - Set the password to the XVM root | 
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| [803] | 22 |  | 
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| [928] | 23 | All of these settings are reflected on all 4 servers in the production | 
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 | 24 | cluster. | 
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| [926] | 25 |  | 
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 | 26 |  | 
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 | 27 | In the debian installer: | 
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 | 28 |  - 500M for /boot in raid1 of sda1, sdb1 | 
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 | 29 |  - rest for LVM in raid1 of sda2, sdb2 | 
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 | 30 |   - 50G / | 
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 | 31 |   - 25G swap | 
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 | 32 |  - install a vanilla kernel, not xen; | 
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 | 33 |    will install xen hypervisor from backports in our later custom install. | 
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 | 34 |  | 
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