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System BIOS Enablement

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HP System Software Manager Information on how to use HP System Software Manager to deploy software updates can be found at: http://www.hp.com/go/ssm/ System BIOS Enablement In order to use DASH as our management protocol, we need to ensure that the system BIOS is prepared to communicate system management and health data with the Broadcom NetXtreme™ Gigabit Ethernet Plus controller. HP provides a mechanism to remotely instrument and configure system BIOS settings called the HP Client Management Interface. This interface provides an easily scriptable environment for updating BIOS settings within your environment. HP Client Management Interface Information on how to use the HP Client Management Interface to configure BIOS settings can be found at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpcmi/ The management tasks we will perform to prepare that platform for DASH management will be demonstrated using HP Client Management Interface samples which are included in the HP Client Management Interface Administrator Toolkit. The administrator toolkit can be used as is, or you can use it as a basis for creating your own custom script implementations. All of these examples require access to WMI, they can be performed locally on a computer system, but the scripts are designed to run remotely as well. The examples will be from the point-of-view of an Administrator executing a task targeted at a remote PC named "remotePC". All of the scripts are designed to take a series of remote targets either as machine names or IP addresses separated by spaces. Setting the BIOS Administrator Password It is good practice and a requirement for management of some BIOS features to set the BIOS Administrator password. This password is separate from the user management associated with DASH. Using Windows® Scripting Host, execute the following line from a Command Prompt: cscript ChangeSetupPassword.wsf remotePC You will be prompted to enter the current BIOS Administrator password and a new one. Setting the Primary Management Controller For systems where there are more than one network controller present, as is the case when adding the Broadcom NetXtreme™ Gigabit Ethernet Plus card to a

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HP System Software Manager
Information on how to use HP System Software Manager
to deploy software updates can be found at:
System BIOS Enablement
In order to use DASH as our management protocol, we need to ensure that the
system BIOS is prepared to communicate system management and health data with
the Broadcom
NetXtreme™
Gigabit Ethernet Plus controller.
HP provides a mechanism to remotely instrument and configure system BIOS
settings called the HP Client Management Interface.
This interface provides an
easily scriptable environment for updating BIOS settings within your environment.
HP Client Management Interface
Information on how to use the HP Client Management
Interface to configure BIOS settings can be found at:
The management tasks we will perform to prepare that platform for DASH
management will be demonstrated using HP Client Management Interface samples
which are included in the HP Client Management Interface Administrator Toolkit.
The administrator toolkit can be used as is, or you can use it as a basis for creating
your own custom script implementations.
All of these examples require access to WMI, they can be performed locally on a
computer system, but the scripts are designed to run remotely as well.
The
examples will be from the point-of-view of an Administrator executing a task
targeted at a remote PC named “remotePC”.
All of the scripts are de
signed to take
a series of remote targets either as machine names or IP addresses separated by
spaces.
Setting the BIOS Administrator Password
It is good practice and a requirement for management of some BIOS features to set
the BIOS Administrator password.
This password is separate from the user
management associated with DASH.
Using Windows® Scripting Host, execute the following line from a Command
Prompt:
cscript ChangeSetupPassword.wsf remotePC
You will be prompted to enter the current BIOS Administrator password and a new
one.
Setting the Primary Management Controller
For systems where there are more than one network controller present, as is the
case when adding the Broadcom
NetXtreme™
Gigabit Ethernet Plus card to a