Configuring BIOS for multiple remote servers

To configure BIOS, do the following:

1. Launch the UpdateXpress application. See Launching the UpdateXpress application.

2. In the Welcome window, click Next.

3. In the Target Server window, select Multi-server Management, and click Next.

4. In the Multi-server Management window, select Add new servers into server pool, do one or more of the following, and click Next.

   • To add new servers into server pool, input the IP address range and click Discover in the BMC information area, and select one or more target servers from the Server Pool list.

   • To remove the server from the Server Pool list, select one or more target servers, and click Remove Selected.

   • To verify whether the user name and password are correct for the server, select one or more target servers, and click Scan Selected.

   • To use common BMC credentials for management, select Use common BMC credentials for management, input user name and password.

   • To export the Server Pool list of the current server, click Export. The Server Pool list will be saved in the configure.json file.

   • To import the Server Pool list to the other server, click Import and select the target configure.json file.

5. Click Next, a message will be prompted to remind users to confirm whether the certificate should be updated. Click Accept to update the certificate.

   Change password

   If users log in for the first time or the password is expired, change the password in the window.

6. In the Task window, select BIOS configuration, and click Next.

   Note

   This BIOS configuration function is only supported in the severs with the same machine types.

7. In the Configuration Mode window, select Common BIOS Configuration or Import BIOS Configuration File, and click Next.

8. Do one of the following:

   • If Import BIOS configuration File is selected in the previous step, skip this step.

   • If Common BIOS Configuration is selected in the previous step, select one or more current values, and click Next.

9. In the BIOS Change View window, confirm the modified BIOS settings, and click Next.

10. In the Export BIOS Configuration window, export the configuration as a file. Specify the exported file location, and click Next.

11. In the Running Configuration window, select Restart Manually or Restart Immediately, and click Start. After the task is finished, click Next.

12. In the Finish window, click View Log to check the configuration log, and click Close to exit.