The Solution Admin Host ( SAH ) is a physical server that hosts one VM, the Red Hat OpenStack Director , as the Undercloud.
Configure the SAH BIOS configuration before deploying OpenStack. Refer to network_c_sah_bios_specification.
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The Solution Admin Host ( SAH ) is a physical server that hosts one VM, the Red Hat OpenStack Director , as the Undercloud.
Configure the SAH BIOS configuration before deploying OpenStack. Refer to network_c_sah_bios_specification.
iDRAC Specification for SAH Nodes lists and describes iDRAC settings that need to be set in BIOS.
Menu choice | iDRAC setting |
iDRAC.IPMILan.Enable | Enabled |
iDRAC.IPMILan.PrivLimit | 4 |
iDRAC.IPv4.Enable | Enabled |
iDRAC.Users.2.Enable | Enabled |
iDRAC.Users.2.IpmiLanPrivilege | 4 |
iDRAC.Users.2.Privilege | 0x1ff |
iDRAC.WebServer.Enable | Enabled |
SAH BIOS Specification lists and describes the default BIOS settings for the SAH that will be set by the OS-HCTK .
Display name | Attribute | Settings |
Boot mode | BootMode | UEFI |
Boot sequence retry | BootSeqRetry | Enabled |
DCU IP prefetcher | DcuIpPrefetcher | Enabled |
DCU streamer prefetcher | DcuStreamerPrefetcher | Enable |
Logical processor idling | DynamicCoreAllocation | Disabled |
Integrated RAID controller | IntegratedRaid | Enabled |
Internal SD card | InternalSdCard | Off |
I/OAT DMA engine | IoatEngine | Enabled |
Logical processor | LogicalProc | Enabled |
Memory operating mode | MemOpMode | OptimizerMode |
System memory testing | MemTest | Disabled |
Node interleaving | NodeInterleave | Disabled |
OS watchdog timer | OsWatchdogTimer | Disabled |
Adjacent cache line prefetch | ProcAdjCacheLine | Enabled |
Number of cores per processor | ProcCores | all |
Hardware prefetcher | ProcHwPrefetcher | Enabled |
CPU power management | ProcPwrPerf | MaxPerf |
Turbo mode | ProcTurboMode | Enabled |
Virtualization technology | ProcVirtualization | Enabled |
CPU interconnect bus speed | CpuInterconnectBusSpeed | MaxDataRate |
SR-IOV global enable | SriovGlobalEnable | Enabled |
System profile | SysProfile | PerfOptimized |