IC-OS Installation - UEFI Configuration - Gen1 Supermicro

UEFI - Enter Setup

1. Reboot or power on the server.
2. 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.

   

3. If your option is recognized by the system, it will say: Entering Setup…

   

UEFI - Advanced Settings

1. Change to the Advanced menu. Then select Boot Feature and press enter

   

2. Set Wait For "F1" If Error to Disabled ; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu

   

3. Select ACPI Settings and press enter

   

4. Set PCI AER Support to Enabled ; set NUMA Nodes Per Socket to NPS0 ; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu

   

5. Select CPU Configuration and press enter

   

6. Set SMEE to Enabled; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu

   

7. Select NB Configuration and press enter

   

8. Set 4-link xGMI max speed to Auto; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu

   

9. Select PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration and press enter

   

   • Set SR-IOV Support to Enabled; Set NVMe Firmware Source to AMI Native Support; Set M.2 (ACPI) Firmware Source to AMI Native Support; Press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu

   

UEFI - Boot Settings

1. 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

   

2. Select Yes and press enter. The system will now reboot. Please do not unplug the IC-OS USB stick at this point.

   

Booting the USB image

Please remember to check the Possible Node Onboarding Errors page if you encounter any errors onboarding.

1. Watch for the screen with the Supermicro logo and boot options underneath it. Press F11 a couple of times, once the options are listed.

   

2. If your option is recognized by the system, it should be saying Invoking Boot Menu

   

3. In the Boot Menu, select the first partition on the USB device and press enter

   

4. Please wait while the USB Installer is booting up. This process can take up to 3 minutes.

   

5. The IC-OS installation starts. Please keep an eye on the progress. This part can take up to 8 minutes. Please remember to check the Possible Node Onboarding Errors page if you encounter any errors.

   

6. If using a NitroKey HSM, once you get asked to insert the HSM, please remove the keyboard and instead insert the HSM USB device.

   

7. If the installation finished successfully, it will initiate a reboot. Please do not unplug the USB stick or HSM USB device (if in use) at this point.

   

   You may see an error at the end of installation with text "psc failed", "snp_leak_pages" or similar errors with "snp". This will occur after the "Reached target Reboot" message (which may have scrolled off screen). This is a known issue.

   If this happens power off the machine and power on manually. The rest of the process will continue as normal.

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