Difference between revisions of "IC-OS Installation - UEFI Configuration - Gen2 ASUS"

Revision as of 20:08, 9 August 2023

1. UEFI - Enter Setup

Reboot or power on the server.
Watch for the screen with the ASUS logo. Press DEL (delete) a couple of times to enter the setup menu.

2. UEFI - 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 ASUS support site

3. UEFI - Advanced Settings

Change to the Advanced menu.
Select Trusted Computing
Set Security Device Support to Enabled
Set SHA256 PCR Bank to Enabled
Set Platform Hierarchy to Enabled
Set Storage Hierarchy to Enabled
Set Endorsement Hierarchy to Enabled

Note: your Trusted Computing bios page may look slightly different
Press escape to return to the Advanced main menu.
Select AMD CBS and press enter
Select CPU Common Options and press enter
Set SEV ASID Count to 253 ASIDs
Set SEV-ES ASID Space Limit Control to Manual
Set SEV-ES ASID Space Limit to 100
Set SNP Memory (RMP Table) Coverage to Enabled
Set SMEE to Enabled
Select Performance
Set SMT Control to Enabled
Press escape twice to return to the AMD CBS main menu.
Select DF Common Options and press enter
Select Memory Addressing and press enter
Set NUMA nodes per socket to NPS0
Press escape twice to return to the AMD CBS main menu.
Select UMC Common Options and press enter
Select DDR4 Common Options and press enter
Select Security and press enter
Set TSME to Disabled
Press escape three times to return to the AMD CBS main menu.
Select NBIO Common Options and press enter
Set Enable AER Cap to Enabled
Set SEV-SNP Support to Enabled
Press escape twice to return to the Advanced main menu.
Select CPU Configuration and press enter
Set SVM Mode to Enabled
Press escape to return to the Advanced main menu.
Select PCI Subsystem Settings and press enter
Set SR-IOV Support to Enabled
Press escape to return to the Advanced main menu.

4. UEFI - Exit

Change to the Exit menu.
Select Save Changes and Reset, then 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.

6. Boot the IC-OS USB image

Watch for the screen with the ASUS logo. Press DEL (delete) a couple of times to enter the setup menu.
Change to the Exit menu.
Select the first partition on the USB device and press enter, e.g.:

Return to the Installation Runbook

If using the non-HSM onboarding procedure, return to the IC-OS Installation Runbook.

If using the legacy, HSM onboarding procedure, return to the NitroKey HSM installation runbook

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 #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 '''2.21.1279'''? Download the latest version and follow the included instructions at the [https://www.asus.com/us/support/ ASUS support site]
+#*Is your version lower than '''2.21.1280'''? Download the latest version and follow the included instructions at the [https://www.asus.com/us/support/ ASUS support site]
 ==3. UEFI - Advanced Settings==
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 ==6. Boot the IC-OS USB image ==
 #Watch for the screen with the ASUS logo. Press DEL (delete) a couple of times to enter the setup menu.
-[[File:Screenshot 2023-08-09 at 2.05.41 PM.png|580px]]
+#:[[File:Screenshot 2023-08-09 at 2.05.41 PM.png|580px]]
 #Change to the '''Exit''' menu.
 #Select the ''first partition on the USB device'' and press '''enter''', e.g.: