A P P E N D I X C Raid Controller Considerations - Cisco UCS C200 Installation And Service Manual

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If you do not have a record of which device is used in the server, you can read the on-screen messages
that are displayed during system bootup. These messages display information about the devices that are
installed in your server.
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How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1)
For CIMC firmware and BIOS release 1.2(1) and later, Quiet Boot has been removed. If you are running
CIMC firmware and BIOS earlier than release 1.2(1), you can use the following procedure to disable
Quiet Boot.
To disable quiet boot so that the controller information and the prompts for the option ROM-based LSI
utilities are displayed during bootup, follow these steps:
Boot the server and watch for the F2 prompt during bootup.
Step 1
Press F2 when prompted to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
Step 2
On the Main page of the BIOS Setup utility, set Quiet Boot to Disabled. This allows non-default
Step 3
messages, prompts, and POST messages to display during bootup instead of the Cisco logo screen.
Press F10 to save your changes and exit the utility.
Step 4
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Information about the models of card installed are displayed as part of the verbose boot. You are
also prompted to press Ctrl-H to launch configuration utilities for those cards. For servers running
CIMC firmware earlier than release 1.2(1), see also
Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page
If no models of card are displayed but there is a RAID configuration, your server is using the
onboard ICH10R controller. You are also prompted to press Ctrl-M to launch the configuration
utilities for this controller (see graphic below). See also
Controller, page C-3.
How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC Firmware
C-2.
How To Enable the ICH10R Onboard
Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
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