Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (1.3)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS

Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes

Change the default boot order by modifying the BIOS settings of the node. The following procedure provides a high level overview of the process. For detailed information, refer to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server documentation.

To modify the BIOS settings on the node

  1. Launch the HPE iLO Remote Console interface and from the menu on the left, click Administration.
  2. Click the Boot Order tab on the right, and from the Boot Mode options, select Legacy BIOS, and then click Apply.
  3. Reboot the node for the changes to take effect.
  4. After the node restarts successfully, reboot it again and press the F9 key on the boot screen to open the System Utilities.
  5. Navigate through System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) and change the Workload Profile field value to I/O Throughput.
  6. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Boot Options > Legacy BIOS Boot Order > Boot Controller Order and move Embedded RAID 1 : HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR Gen10 to the top of the list.
  7. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options and do the following:

    • Change Embedded FlexibleLOM 1 Port 1 setting to Disabled.

    • Change the Embedded FlexibleLOM 1 Port 3 setting to Network Boot.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  8. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > PCIe Device Configuration > Slot 3 : HPE Eth 10/25Gb 2p 640SFP28 Adprt-NIC and do the following:

    • Change PCIe Option ROM setting to Disabled.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  9. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > PCIe Device Configuration > Slot 5 : HPE Eth 10/25Gb 2p 640SFP28 Adprt-NIC and do the following:

    • Change PCIe Option ROM setting to Disabled.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  10. Press the F12 key to save the changes and exit.
  11. Power OFF the node.
  12. Repeat these steps on each node in the appliance.