docs/lab/testbeds_sm_dnv_hw_bios_cfg.md

   1 # SuperMicro Denverton Servers - HW and BIOS Configuration
   2
   3 1. [Linux lscpu](#linux-lscpu)
   4 1. [Linux dmidecode](#dmidecode)
   5 1. [Atom Dnv Server BIOS Configuration](#atom-dnv-server-bios-configuration)
   6    1. [Boot Feature](#boot-feature)
   7    1. [CPU Configuration](#cpu-configuration)
   8    1. [Chipset Configuration](#chipset-configuration)
   9       1. [North Bridge Configuration](#north-bridge-configuration)
  10       1. [South Bridge Configuration](#south-bridge-configuration)
  11    1. [PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration](#pciepcipnp-configuration)
  12    1. [ACPI Settings](#acpi-settings)
  13 1. [Atom Dnv Server Firmware Inventory](#atom-dnv-server-firmware-inventory)
  14
  15 ## Linux lscpu
  16
  17 ```
  18 $ lscpu
  19 Architecture:        x86_64
  20 CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
  21 Byte Order:          Little Endian
  22 CPU(s):              12
  23 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-11
  24 Thread(s) per core:  1
  25 Core(s) per socket:  12
  26 Socket(s):           1
  27 NUMA node(s):        1
  28 Vendor ID:           GenuineIntel
  29 CPU family:          6
  30 Model:               95
  31 Model name:          Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3858 @ 2.00GHz
  32 Stepping:            1
  33 CPU MHz:             2000.000
  34 CPU max MHz:         2000.0000
  35 CPU min MHz:         800.0000
  36 BogoMIPS:            4000.00
  37 Virtualization:      VT-x
  38 L1d cache:           24K
  39 L1i cache:           32K
  40 L2 cache:            2048K
  41 NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0-11
  42 Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
  43 cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx
  44 pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology
  45 nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl
  46 vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt
  47 tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave rdrand lahf_lm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l2
  48 ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase
  49 tsc_adjust smep erms mpx rdt_a rdseed smap clflushopt intel_pt sha_ni xsaveopt
  50 xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm arat pln pts md_clear arch_capabilities
  51
  52 ```
  53
  54 ### Linux dmidecode
  55
  56 ```
  57   # dmidecode 3.1
  58   Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
  59   SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
  60   Table at 0x7F0C8000.
  61
  62   Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
  63   BIOS Information
  64           Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  65           Version: 1.0b
  66           Release Date: 12/12/2017
  67           Address: 0xF0000
  68           Runtime Size: 64 kB
  69           ROM Size: 16 MB
  70           Characteristics:
  71                   PCI is supported
  72                   BIOS is upgradeable
  73                   BIOS shadowing is allowed
  74                   Boot from CD is supported
  75                   Selectable boot is supported
  76                   BIOS ROM is socketed
  77                   EDD is supported
  78                   5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  79                   3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  80                   3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  81                   Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
  82                   Serial services are supported (int 14h)
  83                   Printer services are supported (int 17h)
  84                   ACPI is supported
  85                   USB legacy is supported
  86                   BIOS boot specification is supported
  87                   Targeted content distribution is supported
  88                   UEFI is supported
  89           BIOS Revision: 5.13
  90
  91   Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
  92   System Information
  93           Manufacturer: Supermicro
  94           Product Name: SYS-E300-9A
  95           Version: 0123456789
  96           Serial Number: S292431X8616427
  97           UUID: 03000200-0400-0500-0006-0CC47AFCCA92
  98           Wake-up Type: Power Switch
  99           SKU Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
 100           Family: To be filled by O.E.M.
 101
 102   Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
 103   Base Board Information
 104           Manufacturer: Supermicro
 105           Product Name: A2SDi-TP8F
 106           Version: 1.10
 107           Serial Number: OM184S023953
 108           Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
 109           Features:
 110                   Board is a hosting board
 111                   Board is replaceable
 112           Location In Chassis: To be filled by O.E.M.
 113           Chassis Handle: 0x0003
 114           Type: Motherboard
 115           Contained Object Handles: 0
 116
 117   Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
 118   Chassis Information
 119           Manufacturer: Supermicro
 120           Type: Other
 121           Lock: Not Present
 122           Version: 0123456789
 123           Serial Number: CE300AG39040925
 124           Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
 125           Boot-up State: Safe
 126           Power Supply State: Safe
 127           Thermal State: Safe
 128           Security Status: None
 129           OEM Information: 0x00000000
 130           Height: Unspecified
 131           Number Of Power Cords: 1
 132           Contained Elements: 0
 133           SKU Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
 134
 135   Handle 0x0028, DMI type 4, 48 bytes
 136   Processor Information
 137           Socket Designation: CPU
 138           Type: Central Processor
 139           Family: Atom
 140           Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 141           ID: F1 06 05 00 FF FB EB BF
 142           Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 95, Stepping 1
 143           Flags:
 144                   FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
 145                   VME (Virtual mode extension)
 146                   DE (Debugging extension)
 147                   PSE (Page size extension)
 148                   TSC (Time stamp counter)
 149                   MSR (Model specific registers)
 150                   PAE (Physical address extension)
 151                   MCE (Machine check exception)
 152                   CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
 153                   APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
 154                   SEP (Fast system call)
 155                   MTRR (Memory type range registers)
 156                   PGE (Page global enable)
 157                   MCA (Machine check architecture)
 158                   CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
 159                   PAT (Page attribute table)
 160                   PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
 161                   CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
 162                   DS (Debug store)
 163                   ACPI (ACPI supported)
 164                   MMX (MMX technology supported)
 165                   FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
 166                   SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
 167                   SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
 168                   SS (Self-snoop)
 169                   HTT (Multi-threading)
 170                   TM (Thermal monitor supported)
 171                   PBE (Pending break enabled)
 172           Version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3858 @ 2.00GHz
 173           Voltage: 1.6 V
 174           External Clock: 100 MHz
 175           Max Speed: 3800 MHz
 176           Current Speed: 2000 MHz
 177           Status: Populated, Enabled
 178           Upgrade: Other
 179           L1 Cache Handle: 0x0026
 180           L2 Cache Handle: 0x0027
 181           L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
 182           Serial Number: Not Specified
 183           Asset Tag: UNKNOWN
 184           Part Number: Not Specified
 185           Core Count: 12
 186           Core Enabled: 12
 187           Thread Count: 12
 188           Characteristics:
 189                   64-bit capable
 190                   Multi-Core
 191                   Hardware Thread
 192                   Execute Protection
 193                   Enhanced Virtualization
 194                   Power/Performance Control
 195 ```
 196
 197 ## Atom Dnv Server BIOS Configuration
 198
 199 ### Boot Feature
 200
 201 ```
 202   |  Quiet Boot                                [Enabled]               |Enable or disable to         |
 203   |                                                                    |display graphic logo during  |
 204   |  Bootup NumLock State                      [On]                    |POST                         |
 205   |  Wait For "F1" If Error                    [Enabled]               |                             |
 206   |                                                                    |                             |
 207   |  Power Configuration                                               |                             |
 208   |  Watch Dog Function                        [Disabled]              |                             |
 209   |  Power Button Function                     [Instant Off]           |                             |
 210   |  Restore on AC Power Loss                  [Power On]              |                             |
 211 ```
 212
 213 ### CPU Configuration
 214
 215 ```
 216   |  CPU Configuration                                                 |Enable/Disable EIST. GV3     |
 217   |                                                                    |and TM1 must be enabled for  |
 218   |  Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3858 @ 2.00GHz                             |TM2 to be available. GV3     |
 219   |  Processor ID                              000506F1                |must be enabled for Turbo.   |
 220   |  Microcode Revision                        00000020                |Auto - Enable for B0 CPU     |
 221   |  Processor Frequency                       2.000GHz                |stepping, all others         |
 222   |  CPU BCLK Frequency                          100MHZ                |disabled, change setting to  |
 223   |  L1 Cache RAM                                  56KB                |override.                    |
 224   |  L2 Cache RAM                               12288KB                |                             |
 225   |                                                                    |                             |
 226   |  EIST (GV3)                                [Enable]                |                             |
 227   |  BIOS Request Frequency                    [Enable]                |                             |
 228   |  TM1                                       [Enable]                |                             |
 229   |  TM2 Mode                                  [Adaptive Throttling]   |                             |
 230   |  Dynamic Self Refresh                      [Disable]               |                             |
 231   |  CPU C State                               [Disable]               |                             |
 232   |  Package C State Limit                     [No Limit]              |                             |
 233   |  Max Core C-State                          [C6]                    |                             |
 234   |  Enhanced Hait State (C1E)                 [Enable]                |                             |
 235   |  Monitor/Mwait                             [Enable]                |                             |
 236   |  L1 Prefetcher                             [Enable]                |                             |
 237   |  L1 Prefetcher                             [Enable]                |                             |
 238   |  ACPI 3.0 T-States                         [Disable]               |                             |
 239   |  Max CPUID Value Limit                     [Disable]               |                             |
 240   |  Execute Disable Bit                       [Enable]                |                             |
 241   |  Virtualization Technology                 [Enable]                |                             |
 242   |  Extended APIC                             [Enable]                |                             |
 243   |  AES-NI                                    [Enable]                |                             |
 244   |  Lock PACKAGE_RAPL_LIMIT                   [Disable]               |                             |
 245   |  PL1 Time Window                           45                      |                             |
 246   |  PL1 Power Level                           25                      |                             |
 247   |  PL2 Power Level                           29                      |                             |
 248   |  Active Processor Cores                    0                       |                             |
 249 ```
 250
 251 ### Chipset Configuration
 252
 253 ```
 254   |  WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause         |North Bridge Parameters      |
 255   |           system to malfunction.                                   |                             |
 256   |> North Bridge Configuration                                        |                             |
 257   |> South Bridge Configuration                                        |                             |
 258 ```
 259
 260 #### North Bridge Configuration
 261
 262 ```
 263   |  North Bridge Configuration                                        |COption to Ebable / Disable  |
 264   |                                                                    |VT-d                         |
 265   |  Memory Information                                                |                             |
 266   |  MRC Version                               0.149.4.43              |                             |
 267   |  Total Memory                              32768 MB                |                             |
 268   |  Memory Frequency                          DDR4 - 2400 MHZ         |                             |
 269   |                                                                    |                             |
 270   |  VT-d                                      [Enabled]               |                             |
 271   |  VT-d Interrupt remapping                  [Enabled]               |                             |
 272   |                                                                    |                             |
 273   |  Fast Boot                                 [Enabled]               |                             |
 274   |  Command Address Parity                    [Disabled]              |                             |
 275   |  Memory Frequency                          [DDR-2400]              |                             |
 276   |  MMIO Size / BMBOUND Base                  [Auto]                  |                             |
 277   |  TCL performance                           [Enabled]               |                             |
 278   |  Memory Preservation                       [Disabled]              |                             |
 279   |  Patrol scrub Enable                       [Enabled]               |                             |
 280   |  Patrol scrub Period                       [24 hours]              |                             |
 281   |  Demand Scrub Enable                       [Enabled]               |                             |
 282   |  Write Data Early Enble                    [Disabled]              |                             |
 283   |  Select Refresh Rate                       [1x/2x]                 |                             |
 284   |  CKE Power Down                            [Disabled]              |                             |
 285   |  Memory Thermal Throttling                 [Disabled]              |                             |
 286   |  Scrambler                                 [Enabled]               |                             |
 287   |  Slow Power Down Exit                      [Enabled]               |                             |
 288 ```
 289
 290 #### South Bridge Configuration
 291
 292 ```
 293   |  South Bridge Configuration                                        |Enables Legacy USB support.  |
 294   |                                                                    |AUTO option disables legacy  |
 295   |  USB Module Version                        19                      |support if no USB devices    |
 296   |  USB Controllers:                                                  |are connected. DISABLE       |
 297   |        1 XHCI                                                      |option will keep USB         |
 298   |  USB Devices:                                                      |devices available only for   |
 299   |        2 Keyboards, 1 Mouse, 3 Hubs                                |EFI applications.            |
 300   |                                                                    |                             |
 301   |  Legacy USB Support                        [Enabled]               |                             |
 302   |  XHCI Hand-off                             [Enabled]               |                             |
 303   |  Port 60/64 Emulation                      [Enabled]               |                             |
 304
 305 ```
 306
 307 ### PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration
 308
 309 ```
 310   |  PCI Bus Driver Version                    A5.01.12                |Enables or Disables 64bit    |
 311   |                                                                    |capable Devices to be        |
 312   |  PCI Devices Common Settings:                                      |Decoded in Above 4G Address  |
 313   |  Above 4G Decoding                         [Enabled]               |Space (Only if System        |
 314   |  SR-IOV Support                            [Enabled]               |Supports 64 bit PCI          |
 315   |  Maximum Payload                           [Auto]                  |Decoding).                   |
 316   |  Maximum Read Request                      [Auto]                  |                             |
 317   |  ASPM Support                              [Disabled]              |                             |
 318   |  ARI Forwarding                            [Disabled]              |                             |
 319   |                                                                    |                             |
 320   |  RSC-RR1U-E8 OPROM                         [EFI]                   |                             |
 321   |  M.2 PCI-E 3.0 X4 OPROM                    [EFI]                   |                             |
 322   |  Mini PCI-E OPROM                          [EFI]                   |                             |
 323   |                                                                    |                             |
 324   |  Onboard LAN OPROM Type                    [EFI]                   |                             |
 325   |                                                                    |                             |
 326   |  Onboard Video OPROM                       [EFI]                   |                             |
 327   |  VGA Priority                              [Onboard]               |                             |
 328   |                                                                    |                             |
 329   |  Network Stack                             [Enabled]               |                             |
 330   |  IPv4 PXE Support                          [Enabled]               |                             |
 331   |  IPv6 PXE Support                          [Disabled]              |                             |
 332   |  PXE boot wait time                        0                       |                             |
 333   |  Media detect count                        1                       |                             |
 334 ```
 335
 336 ### ACPI Settings
 337
 338 ```
 339   |  ACPI Settings                                                     |Enable/Disable WHEA ACPI     |
 340   |                                                                    |support                      |
 341   |  WHEA Support                              [Enabled]               |                             |
 342 ```
 343
 344 ## Atom Dnv Server Firmware Inventory
 345
 346 ```
 347 Host.           IPMI IP.      BMC.   BIOS.  CPU Microcode.  PCI Bus.   ME Operation FW.  X553 Firmware.  ixgbe.
 348 s29-t26-sut1.   10.30.55.11.  3.60.  1.0b.  0x2e.           A5.01.12.  4.0.4.139.        0x8000083f      5.1.0-k
 349 s30-t35-sut1.   10.30.55.12.  3.60.  1.0b.  0x2e.           A5.01.12.  4.0.4.139.        0x8000083f      5.1.0-k
 350 s31-t35-sut2.   10.30.55.13.  3.60.  1.0b.  0x2e.           A5.01.12.  4.0.4.139.        0x8000083f      5.1.0-k
 351 ```