Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification
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o For LOM
 EmbNic1Nic2 needs to be enabled for 1-1, 2-1
 EmbNic3Nic4 needs to be enabled for 3-1, 4-1
 And so forth
o For NDC
 IntegratedNetwork1 needs to be enabled for 1-1, 1-2
 IntegratedNetwork2 needs to be enabled for 2-1, 2-2
 And so forth
o Addins
 Cannot be disabled on 11G
 On 12G, individual slots can be disabled, TBD if this needs to be addressed
o Create a BIOS job
 EmbNic1Nic2 = Enabled or IntegratedNetwork1 = Enabled
 BootMode = Bios
 For Broadcom NICs
 Disable all IPL boot sources
o Since target NIC is disabled, it isn’t in the boot list
o We are doing a BIOS job anyway, so might as well remove other
boot sources
 Wait for job completion
 Wait for CSIOR to complete
 Since boot source changes only occur after reboot, they get detected
only after CSIOR and refresh
3. Check if FQDD is present in NICView enumeration
o If NIC is still not present, it is an invalid NIC FQDD, exit
4. Look for NIC in boot sources
o For Broadcom NICs
 Look for IPL and NIC FQDD in InstanceIDs in boot source enumeration
 If FQDD not in boot sources
 Create a BIOS job
o BootMode = Bios if not already done
o Disable all IPL boot sources if not already done
 Since target NIC isn’t in boot list yet, we can remove
other boot sources
 Create a NIC job
o LegacyBootProto = iSCSI
 Adds Broadcom device into boot list in iSCSI boot mode
o Set all iSCSI boot configuration attributes
 Wait for both jobs to complete
 Wait for CSIOR to complete
o Since boot source changes only occur after reboot, they get
detected only after CSIOR and refresh
5. Check if NIC is primary bootable device in boot order
o For Broadcom NICs
 Verify if NIC will boot first
 Get EnabledState of IPL entry for NIC FQDD in boot sources
o Needs to be enabled, if not, need to do a BIOS job
 Get assigned sequence number
o If not first, need to ensure all preceding sources are disabled
o If other sources will boot before NIC FQDD, need to do a BIOS
job
 If not enabled or a secondary device in boot order
 Create a BIOS job
o Set EnabledState for IPL entry of NIC FQDD to 1
o Set assigned sequence to 0 so that it boots first