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BIOS Policy
The BIOS policy is a policy that automates the configuration of BIOS settings for a server or group of servers.
You can create global BIOS policies available to all servers in the root organization, or you can create BIOS
policies in sub-organizations that are only available to that hierarchy.
To use a BIOS policy, do the following:
1
Create the BIOS policy in Cisco UCS Manager.
2
Assign the BIOS policy to one or more service profiles.
3
Associate the service profile with a server.
During service profile association, Cisco UCS Manager modifies the BIOS settings on the server to match
the configuration in the BIOS policy. If you do not create and assign a BIOS policy to a service profile, the
server uses the default BIOS settings for that server platform.
Default BIOS Settings
Cisco UCS Manager includes a set of default BIOS settings for each type of server supported by Cisco UCS.
The default BIOS settings are available only in the root organization and are global. Only one set of default
BIOS settings can exist for each server platform supported by Cisco UCS. You can modify the default BIOS
settings, but you cannot create an additional set of default BIOS settings.
Each set of default BIOS settings are designed for a particular type of supported server and are applied to all
servers of that specific type which do not have a BIOS policy included in their service profiles.
Unless a Cisco UCS implementation has specific needs that are not met by the server-specific settings, we
recommend that you use the default BIOS settings that are designed for each type of server in the Cisco UCS
domain.
Cisco UCS Manager applies these server platform-specific BIOS settings as follows:
• The service profile associated with a server does not include a BIOS policy.
• The BIOS policy is configured with the platform-default option for a specific setting.
You can modify the default BIOS settings provided by Cisco UCS Manager. However, any changes to the
default BIOS settings apply to all servers of that particular type or platform. If you want to modify the BIOS
settings for only certain servers, we recommend that you use a BIOS policy.
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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Configuring BIOS Settings