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Enable UEFI Secure Boot

Optionally, you can enable UEFI Secure Boot.

There are two methods available to enable UEFI Secure Boot:

  • From Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI

    To enable UEFI Secure Boot from Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI:

    1. Download and install Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI.

      To download Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI, go to the following site:

      XClarity Essentials OneCLI website

    2. Run the following command to enable Secure Boot:
      OneCli.exe config set UEFI.SecureBootConfiguration_SecureBootSetting Enabled --bmc <userid>:<password>@<ip_address>
      where:

      • <userid>:<password> are the credentials used to access the BMC (Lenovo XClarity Controller interface) of your server. The default user ID is USERID, and the default password is PASSW0RD (zero, not an uppercase o)

      • <ip_address> is the IP address of the BMC.

      For more information about the Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI set command, see:

      Lenovo XClarity Essentials set command

    Note
    If disabling UEFI secure boot is needed, run the following command:
    OneCli.exe config set UEFI.SecureBootConfiguration_SecureBootSetting Disabled --bmc <userid>:<password>@<ip_address>