Uefi Secure Boot; Common Bios Setup Utility Tasks; Verify Bios Factory Default Settings - Oracle Exadata X10M Service Manual

• Reset the factory defaults for the service processor (SP) and Oracle ILOM BIOS
• Back up or restore the BIOS configuration
• Enable UEFI diagnostics to run at system boot
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UEFI Secure Boot

The Oracle server UEFI BIOS supports UEFI Secure Boot. UEFI Secure Boot defines
how platform firmware can authenticate a digitally signed UEFI image, such as an
operating system loader or a UEFI driver.
When enabled, UEFI Secure Boot provides a policy-based invocation of various UEFI
executable images, using cryptographic signatures to identify the software publishers.
UEFI Secure Boot also requires all third-party UEFI drivers and operating system boot
loaders to be signed by Microsoft or with Key Exchange Key (KEK) by using BIOS
setup.
UEFI Secure Boot is disabled by default.

Common BIOS Setup Utility Tasks

This section presents the procedures for some of the BIOS setup tasks that you
typically perform when setting up and managing the server.

Verify BIOS Factory Default Settings

In the BIOS Setup Utility, you can return the BIOS settings to the optimal factory
default values, as well as view and edit settings as needed. Any changes that you
make in the BIOS Setup Utility (using the F2 key) persist until the next time you
change the settings.
Ensure that a console connection is established to the server.
1.
Reset or power on the server.
2.
For example, to reset the server:
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After the server resets and begins the initialization process, when prompted, press
3.
the F2 key to access the BIOS Setup Utility.
To ensure that the factory defaults are set, do the following:
4.
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Press the F10 key to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
5.
From the local server, press the On/Standby button on the front panel of the
server to power off the server, and then press the On/Standby button again to
power on the server.
Oracle ILOM CLI: type reset /System
Oracle ILOM web interface: click Host Management → Power Control and
select Reset from the Select Action list. Click Save and click OK.
Press the F9 key to automatically load the optimal factory default settings.
To confirm, highlight OK, and press Enter.
Chapter 18
Common BIOS Setup Utility Tasks
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