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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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| 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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| 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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| 16 | in the setup screen for remote management, at Ctrl-E: |
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| 17 | - Turn on IPMI over LAN |
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| 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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| 20 | - netmask is 255.255.0.0 |
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| 21 | - Set the password to the XVM root |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | All of these settings are reflected on all 4 servers in the production |
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| 24 | cluster. |
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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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