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Checking BIOS Configuration
In the event that you need to re-image your FastServe | Live Edit or FastServe | Ingest server, you
should check your BIOS settings before installing the CentOS 7 software.
To check if BIOS is configured correctly:
1. Turn on or restart your FastServe | Live Edit or FastServe | Ingest server.
2. Press the Esc butt
on during the server start.
3. Press Esc after
the initial screen appears to enter boot settings.
4. Set the following parameters:
a. Advanced > Processor Con
f
iguration > Hyper-Threading (All) = Disable.
b. Advanced > H2O IPMI Configuration > IPMI Support = Enabled
c. Advanced > H2O IPMI Configuration > BMC configuration >
- IPV4 Source <Static>
- IPv4 IP Address (Ex: 10.10.31.2xx)
- IPv4 Subnet Mask (Ex: 255.255.224.0)
- IPv4 Gateway Address (Ex: 10.10.0.254)
d. Advanced > IIO Configuration > IIO0 Configuration > IOU0 (IIO PCIe Port 2) = x8x8
e. Advanced > IIO Configuration > IIO0 Configuration > IOU1 (IIO PCIe Port 3) = x4x4x8
f. Advanced > System Event Log > IO0 Error Enable <No>
g. Advanced > System Event Log > PCI-Ex Error Enable <No>
h. Boot -> Boot Type = Legacy Boot Type
i. Boot -> USB Boot = Enabled
5. Exit -> Exit Saving Changes = Yes.
(Option) Preparing a Boot-able USB Drive
The boot-able USB drive should be delivered to you, but in case you need to prepare such drive,
follow the procedure below.
This topic contains information on how to prepare a bootable USB drive to reinstall CentOS 7 on
your
FastServe | Live Edit or FastServe | Ingest system.
Using Linux
Using the dd command, convert an USB drive of at least 8GB:
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