Pre-configured BIOS Profiles for UCS Standalone servers

[SamUrai]

Hi,

Per Cisco documentation, there are pre-configured BIOS profiles ( virtualization, high-Performance etc.. ) available to download from Cisco Website. However the site link is not provided. 

Does anyone have that link to download the profiles from?

Thanks

[Kirk J]

Not sure what document you are referring to, but there is a tuning doc at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/white-paper-c11-744678.html for M5s, and https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/performance-tuning-guide-ucs-m6-servers.html for M6s.

The overall guide's settings also apply to standalone rack servers.

In the UCSM, once you have custom tailed a policy, you can apply it to multiple servers.

Standalone IMC BIOS settings for M5s: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/gui/config/guide/4_2/b_cisco_ucs_c-series_gui_configuration_guide_42/b_Cisco_UCS_C-series_GUI_Configuration_Guide_41_appendix_010011.html

The standalone CIMC does support exporting/importing the CIMC settings as a whole, including customized BIOS policy settings you have made.

For BIOS specific import/exports, see  https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/gui/config/guide/4_2/b_cisco_ucs_c-series_gui_configuration_guide_42/b_Cisco_UCS_C-series_GUI_Configuration_Guide_41_chapter_0100.html#concept_68CCB1BE65434C95BDFF1BF658894426 and  https://community.cisco.com/t5/unified-computing-system-knowledge-base/using-bios-profiles-on-ucs-standalone-rack-servers/ta-p/3630446 This also has some sample BIOS policies.

I don't think the sample bios policies are meant to be anything more than a template that shows you how to add specific settings to the profile to match your specific requirements.

Kirk...