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- Page 1 ThinkSystem Server with Intel Xeon SP (1st, 2nd Gen) UEFI Manual Server Models: SD530, SD650, SN550, SN850, SR530, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650, SR670, SR850, SR860, SR950, ST550, and ST558...
- Page 2 Second Edition (December 2020) © Copyright Lenovo 2020. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant to a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No. GS-35F-...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Network ....Trademarks ....Operating modes ... . © Copyright Lenovo 2020... - Page 4 ThinkSystem Server with Intel Xeon SP (1st, 2nd Gen) UEFI Manual...
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Page 5: Chapter 1. Thinksystem Server With Intel Xeon Sp (1St, 2Nd Gen)
Setup configuration. When in Graphical System Setup, there will be no screen output to console, use VGA monitor for setup. Note: For more information, see Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager. Display the basic details of the system. System Information © Copyright Lenovo 2020... - Page 6 Table 1. Main menu details (continued) Display or modify system settings. Changes System Settings may not take effect immediately. Save any changed settings and reboot the system. Set the local Date and Time of the system. Date and Time Boot a desired selection from the primary Start Options boot sequence as specified under Boot Manager.
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Page 7: Chapter 2. Get Started
Perform the following steps to first launch the UEFI setup utilities. 1. (Optional)Connect the local keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) to the server using a cable, or open the Remote Console page on the Lenovo XClarity Controller web user interface (XCC WebUI). 2. Power on the system and press F1. - Page 8 Switch between graphic/text modes The setup utilities are launched in graphic mode by default, the utilities can also be launched in text mode. You can switch between the two modes by referring to sections below. Graphic mode to text mode If you have entered graphic mode and need to switch to text mode, perform the following steps.
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Page 9: Chapter 3. System Configuration And Boot Management
Display system firmware information. Product Data System Summary Item Description System Identification Data Specify the system machine type and model. Machine Type/Model Specify the tag for the serial number. Serial Number Specify the tag for the UUID. UUID Number © Copyright Lenovo 2020... - Page 10 Specify a customer assigned system asset tag number. Asset Tag Number Processor Specify the number of installed CPU packages. Installed CPU packages Specify the processor speed. Processor Speed Specify the UPI link speed. UPI Link Speed Memory Specify the memory mode. Memory Mode Specify the installed memory speed.
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Page 11: System Setting
Specify the version of the BMC firmware. Version Specify the build date of the BMC firmware. Build Date System setting Select System Settings and press Enter. Then the following window is displayed: Table 3. System setting details Item Options Description Press F1 to start control. -
Page 12: Device And I/O Ports
Table 3. System setting details (continued) Display network devices and network related settings. Network Select the operating mode based on your preference. Operating Modes Note: Power savings and performance are also highly dependent on hardware configuration and the software running on the system. Configure power scheme options. - Page 13 Table 4. Device and I/O ports details Item Description Options This setting only applies when the server has an add-in Active Video • Onboard Device video adapter. When the option ROM is set to Legacy for • Add-in Device both onboard and add-in video adapters, the Active Video setting controls which single adapter will display the System Setup utility.
- Page 14 Table 4. Device and I/O ports details (continued) Enable/Disable Intel® Virtualization Technology for Intel® VT for Direct I/O (VT-d) • Enable Directed I/O (VT-d) by reporting the I/O device • Disable assignment to VMM through DMAR ACPI Tables. Enable is the default setting. Enable or disable onboard devices or slots.
- Page 15 Slot (n...) (Display depending on Disabling an entry will prevent the associated device from • Auto which riser card is installed) being enumerated during subsequent boots. Auto is the • Enable default setting. [Auto] is removing the port if there is no device or errors on that device.
- Page 16 Onboard LAN Port 1 (The Select whether UEFI or legacy option ROM of this device • Auto number of “Onboard LAN Port x” will be executed. [Disable] means both UEFI and legacy • Disable varies with PHY card.) option ROM will not be executed. [UEFI] means only UEFI option ROM will be executed.
- Page 17 Slot 2 (Display depending on Set the PCIe slot as Generation 1 or Generation 2 or • Gen1 which riser card is installed.) Generation 3. • Gen2 Note: Some adapters may not operate correctly in Gen2 • Gen3 or Gen3. Make sure to power off and power on the system for these settings to take effect.
- Page 18 This option is only displayed while “Console Redirection”, SP Redirection • Enable “COM Port 1” and “COM Port 2” set to [Enable]. It allows • Disable you to choose which COM port to have the redirection. Note: Only show when set Console Redirection to Enable.
- Page 19 Control the connection speed between the host and COM2 Baud Rate • 115200 remote system. 115200 is the default setting. • 57600 • 38400 • 19200 • 9600 Set the number of Data bits in each character. COM2 Data Bits •...
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Page 20: Driver Health
Enable/Disabe USB individual ports. Enable is the default USB Rear Port 1 • Enable setting. • Disable Enable/Disabe USB individual ports. Enable is the default USB Rear Port 2 • Enable setting. • Disable ® Intel VMD technology Item Options Description ®... - Page 21 Table 5. Driver health details Item Options Description The platform is: The platform is: Select this option to view the health of the controllers in the system as reported by their corresponding drivers. • Healthy • Repair Required • Configuration Required •...
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Page 22: Legacy Bios
Table 5. Driver health details (continued) Select this option to view the health of post attempts POST Attempts Driver • Healthy driver. • Repair Required • Configuration Required • Operation Failed • Reconnect Required • Reboot Required • Shutdown Required •... -
Page 23: Memory
Table 6. Legacy BIOS details Item Options Description Enable/Disable the system UEFI firmware execution Legacy BIOS • Enable environment for supporting legacy OS and legacy Option • Disable ROM. Enable is the default setting. [Enable] prevents devices from taking control of the boot Rehook INT 19h •... - Page 24 Table 7. Memory details Item Options Description Provides status of System Memory. System Memory Details yyyy GB Display the total usable memory capacity. Total Usable Memory Capacity Mirror Mode For Intel Xeon Bronze, Silver processors • Disable • Full Mirror Type configures the system hardware to shadow all memory writes to secondary memory.
- Page 25 Table 7. Memory details (continued) Select the desired memory speed. [Maximum Memory Speed • Minimal Power Performance] mode maximizes performance. [Balanced] • Balanced mode offers a balance between performance and power. [Minimal power] mode maximizes power savings. When a • Max preset mode is selected, the low-level settings are not Performance changeable and will be grayed out.
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Page 26: Network
Table 7. Memory details (continued) Display system memory details. System Memory Details Display DIMM status. DIMM Details For Processor X RAM Disk Configuration Item Description Options Specify type of memory to use from available memory Disk Memory Type • Boot Service pool in system to create a disk. - Page 27 Table 8. Network details Item Options Description Specify global network settings. Global Network Settings Configure the iSCSI parameters. iSCSI Settings Specify Network Stack Settings. Network Stack Settings Configure the network boot parameters Network Boot Settings Specify network device list. Network Device List iSCSI Settings Item Options...
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Page 28: Operating Modes
Wait time in seconds to press ESC key to abort the PXE PXE boot wait time boot. Use either +/- or numeric keys to set the value. Notes: When inputting an invalid value, the following popup message box will show up: •... - Page 29 Table 9. Operating modes details Item Description Options Select the operating mode based on your preference. Choose Operating Mode • Minimal Power • Efficiency – Favor Power savings and performance are also highly Power dependent on hardware and software running on the system.
- Page 30 Table 9. Operating modes details (continued) [Disabled] provides maximum performance but minimum Memory Power Management • Automatic power savings. [Automatic] is suitable for most • Disabled applications. When a preset mode is selected, the low- level settings are not changeable and will be grayed out. If user would like to change the settings, choose [Custom Mode] in "Operating Mode"...
- Page 31 Table 9. Operating modes details (continued) Disabling one of the CPU UPI links can save power. If UPI Link Disable • Enable All Links maximum performance is desired, all UPI links should be • Disable 1 Link left enabled. When a preset mode is selected, the low- level settings are not changeable and will be grayed out.
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Page 32: Power
Table 9. Operating modes details (continued) Power/Performance bias determines how aggressively Power/Performance Bias • Platform the CPU will be power managed and placed into turbo. Controlled With [Platform Controlled], the system controls the • OS Controlled setting. Selecting [OS Controlled] allows the operating system to control it. - Page 33 Table 10. Power details Item Options Description Power/Performance bias determines how aggressively Power/Performance Bias • Platform the CPU will be power managed and placed into turbo. Controlled With [Platform Controlled], the system controls the • OS Controlled setting. Selecting [OS Controlled] allows the operating system to control it.
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Page 34: Processors
Table 10. Power details (continued) I/O sensitive should be used with expansion cards that Workload Configuration • Balanced require high I/O bandwidth when the CPU cores are idle • I/O sensitive to allow enough frequency for the workload. Balanced is the default setting. Enable/Disable ACPI Fixed Power Button. - Page 35 Table 11. Processors details Item Options Description Processor Details Displays summary of the installed processors. Enabling turbo mode can boost the overall CPU Turbo Mode • Enable performance when all CPU cores are not being fully • Disable utilized. A CPU core can run above its rated frequency for a short period of time when it is in turbo mode.
- Page 36 Table 11. Processors details (continued) Enabling C1E (C1 enhanced) state can save power by C1 Enhanced Mode • Enable halting CPU cores that are idle. An operating system that • Disable supports C1E state must be installed to take advantage of this feature.
- Page 37 Table 11. Processors details (continued) When energy efficient turbo is enabled, the CPU’s optimal Energy Efficient Turbo • Enable turbo frequency will be tuned dynamically based on CPU • Disable utilization. The power/performance bias setting also influences energy efficient turbo. When a preset mode is selected, the low-level settings are not changeable and will be grayed out.
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Page 38: Recovery And Ras
Table 11. Processors details (continued) XPT prefetch is a mechanism that enables a read request XPT Prefetcher • Enable that is being sent to the last level cache to speculatively • Disable issue a copy of that read to the memory controller prefetching. - Page 39 POST Attempts Item Options Description Configure the number of attempts to POST before the Post Attempt Limit • Disable recovery mechanism is invoked. When the number of • 9 consecutive failed POST attempts reaches the limit, the system will reboot with the factory default settings. 3 is •...
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Page 40: Security
Disk GPT Recovery Item Options Description [Automatic] means that system UEFI will automatically Disk GPT Recovery • Automatic repair the corrupt GUID Partition Table (GPT). [Manual] • Manual means that system UEFI will only repair the corrupt GPT based on user input to a message box. [None] means the •... - Page 41 Physical Presence Policy Configuration Item Description Options Enable/Disable "Remote Physical Presence Policy". Physical Presence Policy • Enabled • Disabled Enabled is the default setting. The option is modifiable when "Physical Presence State" is asserted. Enabled allows Remote Physical Presence to be asserted without the need for Hardware Physical Presence.
- Page 42 If Hardware Physical Presence Jumper is Asserted, the Physical Presence State • Hardware Physical only way to de-assert Physical Presence is to change the Presence jumper on the planar. Asserted • Remote Physical Asserting allows Physical Presence to be set for a Presence duration listed in minutes even if Hardware Physical Asserted...
- Page 43 Enable/Disable secure boot. This setting is modifiable Secure Boot Setting • Enable when “Physical Presence” is asserted and cannot be • Disable loaded to default in Setup Utility. User Mode is the default setting. Notes: • When you attempt to enable secure boot while CSM is enabled, there is a prompt to tell you.
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Page 44: Storage
Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) Item Options Description TPM Version Specify the version infromation. Update to TPM2.0 compliant Update to TPM2.0. Notes: • When update TPM version to TPM2.0 compliant, do not boot a legacy OS due to security consideration. Change is effective after system reboot and physical presence confirmed. -
Page 45: Start Options
Table 12. Date and time details Item Format Description MM/DD/YYYY Use the +/- to set the month, day and year (2000 – 2099). System Date The date is saved as it is set. HH:MM:SS Use the +/- to set the hour, minutes, and seconds. Use a System Time 24 hour format. -
Page 46: Boot Manager
Table 13. Start options details Item Operation Function Executable item CD/DVD Rom Select the hexadecimal device address and the server will be boot from this device next time. Executable item Hard Disk Select the hexadecimal device address and the server will be boot from this device next time. - Page 47 Add Generic Boot Option Add one generic boot device as boot option: Item Options Description USB Storage VenHw(B2AD3248-4F72-4950-A966- CFE5062DB83A,04000000) Add UEFI Full Path Boot Option Add one UEFI application or one removable file systems as boot option. Item Options Description Boot option File Path File path for newly created boot option Specify name for the new boot option...
- Page 48 Item Options Description VenHw(B2AD3248-4F72-4950-A966- CD/DVD Rom • [] CFE5062DB83A,02000000) • [X] Hard Disk VenHw(B2AD3248-4F72-4950-A966- • [] CFE5062DB83A,01000000) • [X] VenHw(B2AD3248-4F72-4950-A966- Network • [] CFE5062DB83A,05000000) • [X] Save changes and exit. Commit Changes and Exit Change Boot Order Modify the ordering of selections within “Boot Order”. Item Description Options...
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Page 49: Bmc Settings
Item Options Description Select the one-time boot option for next boot. NONE is Boot Option • CD/DVD Rom the default setting. • Hard Disk • Network • System Setup • NONE Boot Modes Change between UEFI boot mode and legacy boot mode. Item Options Description... - Page 50 Table 14. BMC settings settings Item Options Description Determine the mode of operation after loss of power. Power Restore Policy • Always Off [Always Off]: System remains off upon power restore. • Restore [Restore]: System restores to the state it was before power failed.
- Page 51 Network settings Item Description Options Select the System Management Network Interface Port. Network Interface Port • Dedicated Dedicated is the default setting. • Shared Note: This option is configuration dependent. Select the shared NIC port. Shared NIC on 1. ML2 Card 2.
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Page 52: System Event Logs
Local Link Address Enable VLAN Support to specify the 802.1q VLAN ID on VLAN Support • Enable the management port network device. Disable is the • Disable default setting. Advanced Setting for BMC Ethernet. Advanced Setting for BMC Ethernet Advanced Settings for BMC Ethernet Item Options Description... -
Page 53: User Security
Post Event Viewer View the Post Event Viewer. System Event Log View the System Event Log. Item Options Description Total number of System Event Logs retrieved from the Total SEL entries BMC. This does not include any associated extended logs. User security Use this menu to set or change Power-On and Administrator passwords. - Page 54 Table 15. User security details Item Description Options Password Rule and Policy Set rule and policy. ThinkSystem Server with Intel Xeon SP (1st, 2nd Gen) UEFI Manual...
- Page 55 Table 15. User security details (continued) Set the power-On password. Set Power-On Password The password can only contain the following characters (no white-space characters allowed): A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ~`!@#$ %^&*()-+={}[]|:;"'<>,?/.\_ Must contain at least one letter Must contain at least one number Must contain at least 2 of the following combinations: •...
- Page 56 Table 15. User security details (continued) Clear the Power-On password. Clear Power-On Password Note: Click the button, pop-up message box will show • Power-On Password is not set Press Enter to Continue • An existing Power-On Password will be deleted. <ENTER>...
- Page 57 Table 15. User security details (continued) • Passwords are not the same Press Enter to Continue • Incorrect Password Press Enter to Continue • Passwords operation have unknown problem. Press Enter to Continue When IPMI command has no response then pop out this message.
- Page 58 0~100 Input a value from 0 to 100. The number of login attempts Maximum number of login that can be made with an incorrect password before the failures user account is locked out. The account is locked out for the time specified in “Lockout period after maximum login failures”.
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Page 59: Appendix A. Notices
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Page 60: Trademarks
Trademarks LENOVO and LENOVO logo are trademarks of Lenovo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2020 Lenovo ThinkSystem Server with Intel Xeon SP (1st, 2nd Gen) UEFI Manual...