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Cisco UCS C210 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Appendix 
How to Disable Quiet Boot for CIMC Firmware Earlier Than 
Release 1.2(1)
For CIMC firmware and BIOS release 1.2(1) and later, Quiet Boot has been removed. If you are running 
CIMC firmware and BIOS earlier than release 1.2(1), you can use the following procedure to disable 
Quiet Boot.
To disable quiet boot so that the controller information and the prompts for the option ROM-based LSI 
utilities are displayed during bootup, follow these steps:
Step 1 Boot the server and watch for the F2 prompt during bootup.
Step 2 Press F2 when prompted to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
Step 3 On the Main page of the BIOS Setup utility, set Quiet Boot to Disabled. This allows non-default 
messages, prompts, and POST messages to display during bootup instead of the Cisco logo screen.
Step 4 Press F10 to save your changes and exit the utility.
How To Launch Option ROM-Based Controller Utilities 
To alter the RAID configurations on your hard drives, you can use your host-based utilities that you 
install on top of your host OS, or you can use the LSI option ROM-based utilities that are installed on 
the server. 
When you boot the server and you have quite boot disabled (see How to Disable Quiet Boot for CIMC 
Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page C-5), information about your controller is displayed along 
with the prompts for the key combination to launch the option ROM-based utilities for your controller.
Watch for the prompt for your controller during verbose boot:
  • The prompt for LSI controller card utility is Ctrl-H.