Configuring BIOS for a remote server

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 Manage the remote server, input the following information, and click Next.

   • (Setting) IP address or Host name: BMC IP address or host name of the target system.

   • (Setting) User Name: BMC user name of the target system.

   • (Setting) Password: BMC password of the target system.

   • (Setting) Port: BMC CIM or RSET port number. If users do not input, the default port is used.

   Note

   If users are not intended to check the BMC server certificate and SFTP/HTTPS server key fingerprint, select Accept BMC server's certificate and SFTP/HTTPS server's key fingerprint by default, and click Next.

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

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

6. 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.

7. In the BIOS Change View window, the data will be changed as shown, check, and confirm. Click Next.

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

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

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