IC-OS Installation - UEFI Configuration - Gen2 Supermicro

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UEFI - System BIOS - 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.
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Post Screen.png
  3. If your option is recognized by the system, it will say: "Entering Setup…"

UEFI - System BIOS - Check Version

  1. 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

UEFI - System BIOS - Advanced Settings

  1. Change to the Advanced menu. Then select Boot Feature and press enter
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced Menu Boot Feature Highlighted.jpg
  2. Set Wait For "F1" If Error to Disabled; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced Boot Feature Menu Wait For F1.jpg
  3. Select ACPI Settings and press enter
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced Menu ACPI Highlighted.jpg
  4. Set PCI AER Support to Enabled; set NUMA Nodes Per Socket to NPS0 ; press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced ACPI Menu ACPI SRAT L3 Cache.jpg
  5. Select CPU Configuration and press enter
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced Menu CPU Configuration Highlighted.jpg
  6. Set SMEE to Enabled
  7. Set SEV-ES ASID Space Limit Control to Manual
  8. Set SEV-ES ASID Space Limit to 100
  9. Set SNP Memory (RMP Table) Coverage to Enabled
    Supermicro SEV-SNP processor-settings.png.png
  10. Press ESC (escape) to return to previous menu
  11. Select NB Configuration and press enter
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced Menu NB Configuration Highlighted.jpg
  12. Set SEV-SNP Support to Enabled
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced North Bridge Configuration Menu SEV-SNP Support.jpg
  13. Select xGMI Configuration and press enter
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced North Bridge Configuration Menu xGMI Highlighted.jpg
  14. Set xGMI Max Speed to Auto; press ESC twice (escape) to return to previous previous menu
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced North Bridge Configuration xGMI Menu xGMI Link Max Speed.jpg
  15. Select PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration and press enter
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced Menu PCIe Configuration Highlighted.jpg
  16. Set SR-IOV Support to Enabled
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Advanced PCIe Menu SR-IOV Support.jpg

UEFI - System BIOS - Boot Menu

  1. Change to the Boot menu; Set Boot Mode Select to UEFI
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Boot Menu Boot Mode Select.jpg
  2. Change to Save & Exit menu, then select Save Changes and Reset and press enter
  3. Select Yes at the prompt and press enter.
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Save And Exit Prompt.jpg

The system will now reboot. Please do not unplug the IC-OS USB stick at this point.

Boot the IC-OS USB image

  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.
    UEFI Gen2 Supermicro Post Screen.png
  2. If the keypress was recognized by the system, it will print Invoking Boot Menu
    SM-33.png
  3. In the boot menu, select the first partition on the USB device and press enter, e.g.:
    SM-35.png


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