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Configuring the HX Series appliance

Use information in this section to configure HX series appliance.

Configuration tools:

The following tools are required:

  • uuidgen

    This is a Linux standard tool to generate a 16 byte UUID or a simple python script that can be used as follows:

    import uuid,random
    uuid_info = str(uuid.uuid1(random.randint(0,99))).replace("-","")  
    print(uuid_info)

  • ipmitool

    This is the standard tool to interface with the system IPMI.

  • sce

    SCE is a command line tool which provides a way to update NVRAM variables. The recommended method for configuring a HX Series Type 8689 is to create a template SCE file from a server that has the correct configuration and then writing that template to other servers using the procedure outlined below:

    1. Export nvram script file as a text using the command:

    #./SCELNX_64 /o /s ./nvram_script.txt

    If successfully exported, the following message will be shown

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    |                Copyright (c)2014 American Megatrends, Inc.                     |
    |                      AMISCE Utility. Ver 5.01.1073                                |
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    WARNING: Duplicate questions found. Only one question will be enabled in the script.
    Script file exported 
    Open nvram_script.txt and find the item to be changed. For example below is the DCA setting.
    Setup Question  = Direct Cache Access (DCA) 
    Token   =BF8    // Do NOT change this line
    Offset  =80
    Width   =01
    BIOS Default    =[02]Auto
    Options =[00]Disable    // Move “*” to the desired Option
              *[01]Enable
             [02]Auto

    Valid option has “*” as shown above. In this example, DCA is enabled.

    Write edited script file back to NVRAM using the command:

    #./SCELNX_64 /i /s nvram_script.txt

  • clearNVRAM

    This utility cleans up options in the NVRAM CMOS memory.