1. Administrator's Guide
  2. Applicable Platforms
  3. Oracle Server X9-2 Platform Preparation

Oracle Server X9-2 Platform Preparation

Oracle Communications produces a variety of software products that run on the Oracle Server X9-2 platform, including Oracle session delivery applications.

Use your Hardware documentation to install and establish system management by way of Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM). Then use the steps below to prepare the Oracle X9-2 for session delivery software installation.

  1. Confirm applicable firmware on the server.
    • To check the firmware versions installed in the server, go to the ILOM web interface, and navigate to System Information, Firmware.
    • Software and firmware versions qualified for use with Oracle Session Delivery products include:
      • ILOM — v5.1.0.20
      • BIOS — 61060500
  2. Upgrade or downgrade the firmware on the server as necessary. See the ILOM documentation for ILOM upgrade instructions.
  3. Configure the BIOS settings. (Settings navigation may differ based on the BIOS version.)
    1. Observe the boot procedure, logged to the console during bootup, and use the documented key sequence to interrupt the boot and display the BIOS configuration dialogs. For example, pressing the F2 key is a common way to enter BIOS configuration from a terminal application that supports function keys.
    2. Navigate to the Boot menu and, depending on the software distribution you are using, set the USB or CD as the first device followed by the disk controller. (Navigation: Boot)
    3. Disable Hyper-Threading. (Navigation: Advanced, Processor Configuration, Hyper-Threading)
    4. Disable CPU power limit. (Navigation: Advanced / CPU Power Management Configuration)
    5. Disable C6 Reporting. (Navigation: Advanced / CPU Power Management Configuration, CPU C6 report)
    6. Change Energy Performance to Performance. For example, set "ENERY_PERF_BIAS_CFG" mode to "PERF". (Navigation: Advanced / CPU Power Management Configuration, Energy Performance)
    7. To decrease boot up time, Oracle recommends disabling Intel PXE Boot Agent for both onboard and NIC ethernet ports. Press F2 and navigate to Advanced, Network Stack Configuration. Then disable IPv4 PXE support.

      Note:

      PXE boot is not supported in this release.
    8. Reboot the server.
  4. Perform a cold shutdown by removing all system power.