HP Insight Cluster Management Utility v7.1 User Guide

2.1.7.4 SL2x170z G6 and DL170h G6 Servers BIOS setting
IMPORTANT: To enable BIOS updates, you must restart the server. You can restart the server
with Ctrl+Alt+Delete immediately after leaving the BIOS, or you can physically restart the server
by using the power switch on the server.
Figure 3 NIC2 on the SL2x170z G6 Server
• BIOS settings
Post speedup Enabled◦
◦ Numlock Enabled
◦ Restore after AC loss Last state
◦ Post F1 prompt Delayed
• CPU setup
Proc hyper threading Disabled◦
• IDE configuration
SATA controller mode AHCI◦
◦ Drive cache Enabled
◦ IDE timeout 35
• Chipset ACPI configuration
High Performance Event timer Enabled◦
• IPMI serial port configuration
Serial port assignment BMC◦
◦ Serial port switching Enabled
◦ Serial port connection mode Direct
• LAN configuration
If your node is wired with the LO100i management port shared with NIC2:
◦ BMC NIC Allocation Shared
◦ LAN protocol: HTTP, telnet, ping Enabled
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