IC-OS Installation - UEFI Configuration - Gen2 Supermicro
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1. UEFI - System BIOS - Enter Setup
- Reboot or power on the server.
- Watch for the screen with the Supermicro logo and boot options underneath it. Press DEL (delete) a couple of times, once the options are listed.
- If your option is recognized by the system, it will say: "Entering Setup…"
2. UEFI - System BIOS - Check Version
- Check the version number at the bottom of the screen. Ensure the UEFI/BIOS version is 2.21.1280 or higher. This version was tested and found to support features required for IC-OS.
- Is your version lower than 2.21.1280? Download the latest version and follow the included instructions at the Supermicro support site
3. UEFI - System BIOS - Advanced Settings
- Change to the Advanced menu. Then select Boot Feature and press enter
- Set Wait For "F1" If Error to Disabled; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu
- Select ACPI Settings and press enter
- Set PCI AER Support to Enabled; set NUMA Nodes Per Socket to NPS0 ; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu
- Select CPU Configuration and press enter
- Set SMEE to Enabled
- Set SEV-ES ASID Space Limit Control to Manual
- Set SEV-ES ASID Space Limit to 100; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu
- Select NB Configuration and press enter
- Set SEV-SNP Support to Enabled
- Select xGMI Configuration and press enter
- Set xGMI Max Speed to Auto; press ESC twice (escape) to return to previous previous menu
- Select PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration and press enter
- Set SR-IOV Support to Enabled
4. UEFI - System BIOS - Boot Menu
- Change to the Boot menu; Set Boot Mode Select to UEFI
- Change to Save & Exit menu, then select Save Changes and Reset and press enter
- Select Yes at the prompt and press enter.
The system will now reboot. Please do not unplug the IC-OS USB stick at this point.
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