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

Revision as of 14:58, 4 August 2023

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…"

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

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 SMT Control to Enabled
Set SMEE to Enabled
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 SVM Mode to Enabled
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 22Gbps; press escape to return to previous previous menu
Select Memory Configuration and press enter
Set TSME to Disabled
Press ESC twice (escape) to return to the Advanced main menu
Select PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration and press enter
Set SR-IOV Support to Enabled
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

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.

Watch for the screen with the Supermicro logo and boot options underneath it. Press F11 a couple of times, once the options are listed.
If the keypress was recognized by the system, it will print Invoking Boot Menu
In the boot menu, select the first partition on the USB device and press enter, e.g.:

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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 #Select '''xGMI Configuration''' and press enter
 #:[[File:UEFI_Gen2_Supermicro_Advanced_North_Bridge_Configuration_Menu_xGMI_Highlighted.jpg|580px]]
-#Set '''xGMI Max Speed''' to '''Auto'''; press escape to return to previous previous menu
+#Set '''xGMI Max Speed''' to '''22Gbps'''; press escape to return to previous previous menu
-#:[[File:UEFI_Gen2_Supermicro_Advanced_North_Bridge_Configuration_xGMI_Menu_xGMI_Link_Max_Speed.jpg|580px]]
+#:[[File:Screenshot 2023-08-04 at 9.55.32 AM.png|580px]]
 #Select '''Memory Configuration''' and press '''enter'''
 #:[[File:Screenshot 2023-08-03 at 5.19.46 PM.png|580px]]