Oracle X6 series User Manual

Contents
6 Oracle X6 Series Servers Administration Guide • April 2016
▼ Access the BIOS Setup Utility ............................................................ 34
BIOS Setup Utility Key Mappings ........................................................... 35
Common BIOS Setup Utility Tasks .......................................................... 36
▼ Exit the BIOS Setup Utility ............................................................... 36
Controlling the Server Power State .................................................................. 39
Server Power State Overview .......................................................................... 39
Power Control Options ................................................................................... 40
Powering the Server Off and On ...................................................................... 40
▼ Power Off the Server Using the Power Button ....................................... 41
▼ Power On the Server Using the Power Button ....................................... 41
▼ Power the Server Off or On (Oracle ILOM) .......................................... 42
Setting SP Policy for Host Power at Boot (Oracle ILOM) ..................................... 43
▼ Set SP Host Power Policy at Boot ....................................................... 43
Viewing and Modifying Boot Properties ............................................................ 45
Legacy BIOS Boot Mode and UEFI Boot Mode ................................................. 45
Viewing or Modifying the Current Boot Mode ................................................... 46
▼ View the Current Boot Mode (Oracle ILOM) ........................................ 46
▼ Select UEFI Boot Mode or Legacy BIOS Boot Mode (BIOS) ................... 47
Modifying the Boot Order .............................................................................. 48
▼ Modify the Boot Order (BIOS) ........................................................... 49
▼ Set Temporary Next Boot Device (Oracle ILOM) ................................... 50
Enabling Persistent Boot Support ..................................................................... 52
▼ Enable Persistent Boot Support (BIOS) ................................................ 52
Configuring BIOS Support for TPM ................................................................. 52
▼ Configure BIOS Support for TPM (BIOS) ............................................ 52
Configuring Storage Resources ........................................................................ 55
Configuring RAID on the Server ..................................................................... 55
▼ Configure RAID (Oracle Hardware Management Pack) ........................... 56
Modifying iSCSI Virtual Drive Properties .......................................................... 57
Required Information for iSCSI Configuration ............................................ 57
▼ Modify iSCSI Virtual Drive Properties in UEFI Boot Mode (BIOS) ........... 58
Configure the Service Processor ...................................................................... 63
Assigning System Identification Information ...................................................... 63
▼ Assign System Identification Information (Oracle ILOM) ........................ 64

Oracle X6 series Specifications

General

Cores per Processor	Up to 22 cores
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 series
Networking	10GbE
Form Factor	Rackmount
Expansion Slots	PCIe slots available
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Storage	supports SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives