Configuring The Hx Series Appliance; Update The Appliance Name; Legacy Boot Mode; Bios Optimization Settings - Lenovo HX1310 Installation And Service Manual

Step 8. Modify boot options. See "Modify boot options" on page 46.
Step 9. Restart the server.

Configuring the HX Series appliance

This section contains configuration procedures that are used in one or more of the hardware replacement
procedures described in Chapter 5 "Removing and replacing components" on page 93.

Update the appliance name

The DMI/SMBIOS string for the Lenovo Converged HX Series appliance is the same as the appliance name.
Table 5. Appliance name and the corresponding VPD string
Appliance Name
Lenovo Converged HX1310
Lenovo Converged HX2310-E
Lenovo Converged HX3310
Lenovo Converged HX3310-F
The DMI/SMBIOS string can be updated using the OneCLI system tool as follows:
onecli config set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoProdIdentifier "Lenovo Converged HX1310"
onecli config set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoProdIdentifierEx "Lenovo Converged HX1310:" –override

Legacy boot mode

The Lenovo ToolsCenter Suite CLI program, or other means should be used to enable if not already enabled.
onecli config set BootModes.SystemBootMode "Legacy Mode"

BIOS optimization settings

Lenovo recommends the following BIOS optimization settings to be used with the Lenovo Converged
HX Series appliances.
Direct cache access (DCA)
You should enable DCA mode for the processors to allow the network adapters to place data directly into the
CPU cache which reduces cache misses and can improve performance.
Use the Lenovo ToolsCenter Suite CLI program or other means to enable the DCA processor option:
onecli config set Processors.DCA Enable
Operating mode
You should change the operating mode from the default mode to Custom Mode. This permits other settings
to be changed such as the power performance bias.
Use the Lenovo ToolsCenter Suite CLI program or other means to set the operating mode:
onecli config set OperatingModes.ChooseOperatingMode "Custom Mode"
Power performance bias
VPD String
Lenovo Converged HX1310
Lenovo Converged HX2310-E
Lenovo Converged HX3310
Lenovo Converged HX3310-F
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