IT-4799/IT Sample system setup¶
Introduction¶
All firmware versions and revisions shall have the latest good compatible software versions as specified by the manufacturers of each component. All tests shall be performed with the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation
One system unit shall be equipped with one Broadcom 9500-16e SAS HBA (see clause 4.3.3 of the technical specifications).
BIOS settings¶
Load the default BIOS settings and setup the following ones as described below:
| BIOS setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Hyperthreading/symmetric multi-threading | Enabled |
| Turbo mode (where applicable) | Enabled |
| Active CPU cores | All |
| Hardware prefetcher | Enabled |
| Adjacent cache line prefetch | Enabled |
| NUMA | Enabled |
| Virtualization (CPU and IO) | Enabled |
| PXE on first 10GbE interface | Enabled |
| Quick boot, quiet boot and summary screen | Disabled |
| Restore after AC power loss | Power on |
| Plug and Play OS | Enabled |
| PERR and SERR | Enabled |
| Boot device priority | PXE, internal local storage (first SSD) |
| Boot retry | Enabled |
BMC configuration¶
The BMC shall be configured to use the dedicated IPMI network port using DHCP. The Product Asset Tag field in the FRU shall contain IT-4799 as a value and the Product Serial Number one shall contain the serial number of the server.
Filesystem layout¶
All partitions on SSDs shall be aligned and the filesystem mounted with TRIM command support. The operating system shall be installed on the first system solid-state drive.
The filesystem layout shall be
| Partition | Mounted on | Partition type | Filesystem type | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /dev/nvme0n1p1 | / | Linux | xfs | 150GB |
| /dev/nvme0n1p2 | /var | Linux | xfs | 50GB |
| /dev/nvme0n1p3 | /pool | Linux | xfs | remaining space available |