wiki:PC BIOS Configuration

Follow the steps below to configure BIOS for the Centmesh Nodes. There are separate sections for root nodes and mesh nodes.

Mesh Nodes

  1. At the time of booting, press F12 in time to go to the Boot Device Menu.
  2. Go to System Setup and press return.
  3. Expand the General tab and browse to the Boot Sequence and modify it to look like as follows
    1. USB Device
    2. Onboard or USB CD-ROM Drive
    3. Onboard or USB Floppy Drive
    4. Onboard Network Controller
    5. ST3500418AS
  4. Expand the System Configuration tab and make sure
    1. Integrated NIC is disabled
    2. Integrated NIC 2 is enabled
  5. Expand the Power Management tab and make sure AC Recovery is set to Power On

Root Nodes

  1. At the time of booting, press F12 in time to go to the Boot Device Menu.
  2. Go to System Setup and press return.
  3. Expand the General tab and browse to the Boot Sequence and modify it to look like as follows
    1. USB Device
    2. Onboard or USB CD-ROM Drive
    3. Onboard or USB Floppy Drive
    4. Onboard Network Controller
    5. ST3500418AS
  4. Expand the System Configuration tab and make sure
    1. Integrated NIC is disabled
    2. Integrated NIC 2 is enabled with PXE boot
  5. Expand the Power Management tab and make sure AC Recovery is set to Power On
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