Defining firmware settings

You can specify the baseboard management controller and UEFI firmware settings that are to be applied to target servers when this pattern is deployed.

About this task

The firmware settings are organized into categories that group together related settings. For each category, you can create a category pattern that contains common firmware settings and can be reused by multiple server patterns. Most of the firmware settings that you can configure directly on the baseboard management controller and UEFI can also be configured through category patterns. The firmware settings that are available depend on the server type, your Flex System environment, and the scope of the server pattern.

Category patterns can be predefined, user-defined, or learned from existing servers:

Extended category patterns are patterns for some I/O adapter ports, advanced Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), and baseboard management-controller (BMC) settings that are learned and dynamically created from a specific managed server. Lenovo XClarity Administrator creates these patterns when you create a server pattern from an existing server. You cannot manually create extended category patterns; however, you can edit the patterns after they are created.
User-defined category patterns are patterns that you can create, including system information, management interfaces, devices and I/O ports, Fibre Channel boot targets, and I/O adapter ports.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to define firmware settings.

From the New Server Pattern Wizard, click the Firmware Settings tab.
Choose the category-pattern type that includes the settings that you want to define. The options that are available depends on the target device type.
Note
You cannot manually create a pattern for extended settings. These patterns are learned and dynamically created from a target managed server, and then manually edited if needed.
- System information. Use this category pattern to define automatic system-name generation, contact names, and locations. For more information these patterns, see Defining system-information settings.
- Management interfaces. Use this category pattern to define automatic host-name generation, management IP-address assignments, domain name system (DNS) settings, and internet speed settings. For more information these patterns, see Defining management-interface settings).
- Devices and I/O ports. Use this category pattern to define console redirection and COM ports, PCIe speed, onboard devices, adapter option ROM, and option ROM execution order. For more information these patterns, see Defining devices and I/O ports settings.
- Fibre Channel boot target. Use this category pattern to define Fibre Channel boot target settings. For more information these patterns, see Defining Fibre Channel boot-target settings.
- Ports. Use this category pattern to define console redirection and COM ports, PCIe speed, onboard devices, adapter option ROM, and option ROM execution order. For more information these patterns, see Defining Fibre Channel boot-target settings.
- Extended BMC. Use this category pattern to define other baseboard management-controller settings For more information these patterns, see Defining extended management-controller settings).
- Extended UEFI. Use this category pattern to define other Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) settings. For more information these patterns, see Defining extended UEFI settings).
- Extended ports: Use this category pattern to define other BIOS setting. For more information these patterns, see Defining extended port settings).
- Extended SR635/645 BIOS patterns. Use this category pattern to define other BIOS settings for ThinkSystem SR635 and SR645 servers. For more information these patterns, see Defining extended ThinkSystem V4 management-controller settings).
- Extended ThinkSystem V4 BMC. Use this category pattern to define other baseboard management-controller settings for ThinkSystem V4 servers. For more information these patterns, see Defining extended ThinkSystem V4 management-controller settings).
- Extended ThinkSystem V4 BIOS: Use this category pattern to define other BIOS setting for ThinkSystem V4 servers. For more information these patterns, see Defining extended ThinkSystem V4 BIOS settings).
Create new category patterns by clicking the Create icon () next to that category-pattern type.
You can also edit an existing category pattern by selecting a specific pattern from the drop-down list and clicking the Edit icon () next to that category-pattern type. You can also copy an existing category pattern by editing the pattern and clicking Save As to save it with a new name.

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