Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series - Overview; Types and Roles; Starting Remote Console

Overview
This section describes UEFI and BIOS related to server blades.
Types and roles
The following table shows three types of UEFI and BIOS for server blades.
Table 1-1 Types
Types Roles
UEFI
(Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface)
Performs settings of processors, DIMMs, OS boot path, and
onboard devices [enable/disable] in the server blade using UEFI
setup menus of UEFI. For the details, see
UEFI on page 1-4.
Disk array utilities Performs settings of HDDs/SSDs and RAID in the server blade
using setup menus of utilities. For the details, see Disk array
utilities on page 1-4.
Emulex PXE BIOS Performs settings of controller in the server blade for using OS
from PXE boot or iSCSI boot. Using setup menus of BIOS for
settings. For the details, see PXE boot on page 1-5.
iSCSISELECT
utilities
Performs settings of controller in the server blade for using OS
from iSCSI boot. Using setup menus of utility for settings. For the
details, see iSCSI on page 1-5.
Fibre Channel
mezzanine card
BIOS
Performs settings of mezzanine cards in the server blade using a
setup menu of mezzanine card BIOS. For the details, see Fibre
channel mezzanine card BIOS on page 1-6.
Starting remote console
To start a remote console. Perform following procedure for starting the
remote console.
1. Start a new web browser from the system console.
2. Enter the URL of management module web console (enter "https://
192.168.0.1/" when factory default setting) into the address field box of
the browser.
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UEFI and BIOS Configuration Overview
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series EFI User's Guide