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Here, the SRCF DRP machines are used as an example.  These machines are from SuperMicro.  Many of our machines have their IMPI interface connected on the network.  Point a browser at https://<node name>-ipmi.pcdsn and a page comes up on which to enter a username and password (contact pcds-it for good values).  After successful login, the IPMI page comes up and shows many capabilities, including:

  • a remote interface to the system console
  • interacting with system power
  • updating the BIOS

Remote Console

The remote console can be run with either a Java plug-in or HTML5 via selection through the 'settings' link on the System tab.  If the Java method gives trouble, switch to HTML5, which is slower but provides readable screens.  Click on the preview window to bring up the console screen.

Invoking the BIOS

To get to the BIOS screens, the machine must be power cycled.  There are several methods with which this can be achieved, including the Reset button on the Power Control window on the System tab.  After the power cycle takes effect, the console window will go blank for a while, then show some stuff, go blank again, etc., before finally showing a screen giving some options to enter.  In the case of these machines, the BIOS parameters are accessible by hitting the Delete key (or fn delete on a Mac) during the short time the options are available.

Noting BIOS parameters

It may be important to note all the current BIOS parameter states before updating the firmware because some values may not be obvious or intuitive to re-configure after they are reset by the update process.  Here are the screens from the v1.0 BIOS on the drp-srcf-cmpNNN machines:

Main tab
Advanced tab
  Boot Feature
  Trusted Computing
  PSP fw ver
  ACPI Settings
  Super IO Ser Port 1 Cfg
  Super IO SOL Cfg
  Ser Port Console Redirect
  CPU Cfg
  CPU1 Info
  NB Cfg copy
  Mem Cfg
  CPU1 Mem Info
  AMI Graphic Output Proto
  PCIe Cfg top, PCIe Cfg bottom
  PCIe Network Stack Cfg
  PCIe Hot-Plug Settings
  USB Cfg
  SATA Cfg
  ASMedia SATA Ctrl
  ASMedia SATA Info
  SATA Info
  SATA0
  SATA1
  HTTP Boot cfg
  Network cfg
  iSCSI Cfg
  10GBase-T A
  FWImgMenuA
  DevCfgMenuA
  MBAcfgMenuA
  iSCSI BootCfgMenuA
  iSCSI GenParA
  iSCSI InitParA
  iSCSI 1stTarParA
  iSCSI 2ndTarParA
  2ndDevA
  10GBase-T B
  FWImgMenuB
  DevCfgMenuB
  MBAcfgMenuB
  iSCSI BootCfgMenuB
  iSCSI GenParB
  iSCSI InitParB
  iSCSI 1stTarParB
  iSCSI 2ndTarParB
  2ndDevB
  TLSAuthCfg
  ServerCACfg
  EnrCert
  DelCert
  RamdiskCfg
  DriverHealth
    Mlx
    Broadcom1
    Broadcom2
IPMI tab
  IPMI SEL
  IPMI BMC

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