Perform this procedure to configure the network interface and boot settings required by HPE UANs.
Before the HPE Cray Supercomputing UAN product can be installed on HPE UANs, specific network interface and boot settings must be configured in the BIOS.
Perform Configure the BMC for UANs with iLO before performing this procedure.
Force a UAN to reboot into the BIOS.
In the following command, UAN_BMC_XNAME is the xname of the BMC of the UAN to configure. Replace USER and PASSWORD with the BMC user name and password, respectively.
ncn-m001# ipmitool -U USER -P PASSWORD -H UAN_BMC_XNAME -I lanplus \
chassis bootdev pxe options=efiboot,persistent
Monitor the console of the UAN using either ConMan or the following command:
ncn-m001# ipmitool -U USER -P PASSWORD -H UAN_BMC_XNAME -I \
lanplus sol activate
See also the section “About the ConMan Containerized Service” in the CSM documentation for more information about ConMan.
Press the ESC and 9 keys to access the BIOS System Utilities when the option appears.
Ensure that OCP Slot 10 Port 1 is the only port with Boot Mode set to Network Boot. All other ports must have Boot Mode set to Disabled.
The settings must match the following example.
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System Configuration
BIOS Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options > PCIe Slot Network Boot
Slot 1 Port 1 : Marvell FastLinQ 41000 Series - [Disabled]
2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HLCU-HC MD2 Adapter - NIC
Slot 1 Port 2 : Marvell FastLinQ 41000 Series - [Disabled]
2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HLCU-HC MD2 Adapter - NIC
Slot 2 Port 1 : Network Controller [Disabled]
OCP Slot 10 Port 1 : Marvell FastLinQ 41000 [Network Boot]
Series - 2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HQCU-HC OCP3
Adapter - NIC
OCP Slot 10 Port 2 : Marvell FastLinQ 41000 [Disabled]
Series - 2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HQCU-HC OCP3
Adapter - NIC
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Set the Link Speed to SmartAN for all ports.
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System Utilities
System Configuration > Main Configuration Page > Port Level Configuration
Link Speed [SmartAN]
FEC Mode [None]
Boot Mode [PXE]
DCBX Protocol [Dynamic]
RoCE Priority [0]
PXE VLAN Mode [Disabled]
Link Up Delay [30]
Wake On LAN Mode [Enabled]
RDMA Protocol Support [iWARP + RoCE]
BAR-2 Size [8M]
VF BAR-2 Size [256K]
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Set the boot options to match the following example.
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System Utilities
System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Boot Options
Boot Mode [UEFI Mode]
UEFI Optimized Boot [Enabled]
Boot Order Policy [Retry Boot Order Indefinitely]
UEFI Boot Settings
Legacy BIOS Boot Order
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Set the UEFI Boot Order settings to match the following example.
The order must be:
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System Utilities
System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Boot Options > UEFI Boot Settings > UEFI Boot Order
Press the '+' key to move an entry higher in the boot list and the '-' key to move an entry lower
in the boot list. Use the arrow keys to navigate through the Boot Order list.
Generic USB Boot
SATA Drive Box 1 Bay 1 : VK000480GWTHA
SATA Drive Box 1 Bay 2 : VK000480GWTHA
SATA Drive Box 1 Bay 3 : VK001920GWTTC
SATA Drive Box 1 Bay 4 : VK001920GWTTC
OCP Slot 10 Port 1 : Marvell FastLinQ 41000 Series - 2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HQCU-HC OCP3 Adapter -
NIC - Marvell FastLinQ 41000 Series - 2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HQCU-HC OCP3 Adapter - PXE (PXE IPv4)
OCP Slot 10 Port 1 : Marvell FastLinQ 41000 Series - 2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HQCU-HC OCP3 Adapter -
NIC - Marvell FastLinQ 41000 Series - 2P 25GbE SFP28 QL41232HQCU-HC OCP3 Adapter - PXE (PXE IPv6)
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See this Setting the Date and Time in the HPE UEFI documentation to set the correct date and time.
If the time is not set correctly, then PXE network booting issues may occur.