The previous settings where for dx360 m4 here is the suggested settings for dx360m2 and m3. The cmos settings are referenced differently once you jump up to the m4 platform.
IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 and System x iDataPlex dx360 M3
Recommended CMOS settings for e1350/Intelligent Clusters
Version 1.2
Set UEFI settings to defaults and set only these settings (that is,
everything
else should remain at defaults):
System Settings
Processors
Turbo Mode [ (1) ]
Proc Performance States [ (2) ]
Package ACPI C-State limit [ (3) ]
C1 Enhanced Mode [ (4) ]
Hyper-Threading [ (5) ]
CPU Frequency Select [ (6) ]
Memory
Memory Speed [ (7) ]
Thermal Mode [ (8) ]
Devices and I/O Ports
Console Redirection Settings
Remote Console [ Enable ]
Serial Port Sharing [ (9) ]
Serial Port Access Mode [ (10) ]
COM1 Settings
Terminal Emulation [ VT100 ]
Active After Boot [ Enable ]
Flow Control [ Hardware ]
Operating Modes
Choose Operating Mode [ (11) ]
Boot Manager
Add Boot Option [ (12) ]
Change Boot Order [ Legacy Only ]
[ PXE Network ]
[ Hard Disk 0 ]
1. Enabling "Turbo Mode" may result in better performance. (Operating
Modes -> Choose Operating Mode must be set to "Custom" first.)
2. Enabling "Processor Performance States" may result in better
performance.
(Operating Modes -> Choose Operating Mode must be set to "Custom"
first.)
3. Setting "Package ACPI C-State limit" to "APCI C3" may result in better
performance. (Operating Modes -> Choose Operating Mode must be set to
"Custom" first.)
4. Disabling "C1 Enhanced Mode" may result in better performance.
(Operating Modes -> Choose Operating Mode must be set to "Custom"
first.)
5. Disabling "Hyper-Threading" may result in better performance.
6. Setting "CPU Frequency Select" to "Max Performance" may result in
better performance. (Operating Modes -> Choose Operating Mode must be
set
to "Custom" first.)
7. If it is desired to manually set the memory speed, set the the Power
->
Operating Mode to "Custom" first. Setting "Memory Speed" to "Max
Performance" may result in better performance.
8. This setting may be set to "Performance" if required.
9. Set to "Disable" (default) for physical serial, "Enable" for SOL.
10. Set to "Disable" (default) for physical serial, "Dedicated" for SOL.
11. This setting optimizes the system for performance or efficiency.
The "Custom" setting may also be used to be able to manually set
the individual settings (e.g., memory speed) that the pre-packaged
settings control as a group.
12. Add "Legacy Only".
To set BIOS and BMC settings that are in the F1 setup with ASU, run:
<asu> batch <settings file>
where <asu> is either "asu" or "asu64" and <settings file> is the
following
for nodes using SOL for remote console access
SOL example:
loaddefault uEFI
loaddefault BootOrder
set BootOrder.BootOrder "Legacy Only=PXE Network=Hard Disk 0"
set uEFI.ProcessorHyperThreading Disable
set uEFI.RemoteConsoleRedirection Enable
set uEFI.SerialPortSharing Enable
set uEFI.SerialPortAccessMode Dedicated
set uEFI.Com1TextEmul VT100
set uEFI.Com1ActiveAfterBoot Enable
set uEFI.Com1FlowControl Hardware
set uEFI.OperatingMode "Custom Mode"
set uEFI.ProcessorEistEnable "Enable"
set uEFI.ProcessorC1eEnable "Disable"
set uEFI.TurboModeEnable "Enable"
set uEFI.PackageCState "ACPI C3"
set uEFI.QPISpeed "Max Performance"
or <settings file> is as follows for nodes using physical serial (usually
through a terminal server) for remote console access
Physical Serial example:
loaddefault uEFI
loaddefault BootOrder
set BootOrder.BootOrder "Legacy Only=PXE Network=Hard Disk 0"
set uEFI.ProcessorHyperThreading Disable
set uEFI.RemoteConsoleRedirection Enable
set uEFI.SerialPortSharing Enable
set uEFI.SerialPortAccessMode Disable
set uEFI.Com1TextEmul VT100
set uEFI.Com1ActiveAfterBoot Enable
set uEFI.Com1FlowControl Hardware
set uEFI.OperatingMode "Custom Mode"
set uEFI.ProcessorEistEnable "Enable"
set uEFI.ProcessorC1eEnable "Disable"
set uEFI.TurboModeEnable "Enable"
set uEFI.PackageCState "ACPI C3"
set uEFI.QPISpeed "Max Performance"
Thomas Alandt
WW Test Engineer Complex Solutions
IBM-ISC
Phone:919-543-7581 (t/l 441-7581
From: Thomas Alandt/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Date: 08/17/2012 06:49 AM
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Idataplex ASU profile ?
here is what we use for serial over lan and a shared imm connection with
eth0
If you are bypassing SOL then just remove the bottom two lines
loaddefault BootOrder
loaddefault uEFI
set Processors.Hyper-Threading Disable
set BootOrder.BootOrder "Legacy Only=PXE Network"
set DevicesandIOPorts.Com1FlowControl Hardware
set DevicesandIOPorts.Com1TerminalEmulation VT100
set DevicesandIOPorts.Com1ActiveAfterBoot Enable
set DevicesandIOPorts.SerialPortSharing Enable
set DevicesandIOPorts.SerialPortAccessMode Dedicated
set DevicesandIOPorts.RemoteConsole Enable
set IMM.SharedNicMode Shared
rebootimm
Thomas Alandt
WW Test Engineer Complex Solutions
IBM-ISC
From: Christian Caruthers/Richmond/IBM@IBMUS
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Date: 08/16/2012 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Idataplex ASU profile ?
Have you looked in /opt/xcat/share/xcat/templates/cmos_settings ?
Regards,
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From: Yaron Daniel <y...@il.ibm.com>
To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net,
Date: 08/16/2012 07:51 AM
Subject: [xcat-user] Idataplex ASU profile ?
Hello all,
I want to ask if there is any generic ASU profile for idataplex compute
nodes 6931 ?
Once i replace board - there are different BIOS settings...
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