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ClearCube Technology, Inc.
3700 W Parmer Lane
Austin, TX 78727
(512) 652-3500
www.clearcube.com
Important BIOS Settings
About BIOS
settings
Some SmartVDI-110 Server hardware configurations require specific BIOS settings. The sections
below show how to access the BIOS, how to configure the BIOS for an IPMI controller, and how to
configure the BIOS for NVIDIA
®
GRID graphics cards.
Accessing the
BIOS
The table below shows how to access the SmartVDI-110 Server BIOS.
Step
Action
1
Connect a keyboard and VGA monitor to the server.
2
Power on the server or reset server power.
3
Watch the server splash screen for prompts. When prompted, press the
DELETE
key to enter the BIOS setup utility.
You can now use the arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate the BIOS menus.
IPMI
configuration
SmartVDI-110 Servers include an IPMI 2.0 + KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) management
controller. This IPMI controller uses a dedicated IP address, and the default setting is for a DHCP-
assigned network address. ClearCube recommends giving the controller a static IP address. You can
easily change this setting from the BIOS.
Step
Action
1
Access the BIOS as shown above in “
2
Use the keyboard arrow keys to select the
IPMI
menu.
3
Select
BMC Network Configuration
. Press
ENTER
.
4
Select
Update IPMI LAN Configuration
, and press
ENTER
. Select
Yes
, and then
press
ENTER
.
5
Select
Configuration Source
and press
ENTER
.
6
Select
Static
and press
ENTER
.
7
Use the keyboard to configure the
Station IP Address
,
Subnet Mask
, and
Gateway IP
addresses as appropriate for your environment. Select each item and press
ENTER
to activate the text entry field. Enter an IP address for each item and press
ENTER
to set the address.
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If your server configuration includes one or more NVIDIA GRID graphics cards,
continue to the next section. Otherwise, press the
F4
key to save your changes and
exit the BIOS. See the note below about accessing IPMI utilities.
Next steps:
After saving your changes you can use a Java
®
-enabled browser or the Supermicro
®
IPMI
tool to access the server’s IPMI utilities. The default user name is
ADMIN
and the default password
is
ADMIN
(both values are case-sensitive.)
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