BIOS Policy

A BIOS Policy configures firmware-level settings on UCS servers. Intersight ships a library of pre-defined templates tuned for common workloads (virtualization, HPC, energy efficiency, low latency, and more). The policy is applied to servers via a Server Profile Template and takes effect on the next reboot.

Location in Intersight GUI: Policies » BIOS

Diagram

Classes

compute

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
intersight	Class	intersight	No

intersight (compute)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
organizations	List	organizations	No

organizations (compute.intersight)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
policies	Class	policies	No

policies (compute.intersight.organizations)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
bios	List	bios	No

bios (compute.intersight.organizations.policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
description	String		No
managed	Boolean	true, false	No	true
tags	List	tags	No
bios_template	Choice	AnalyticalDatabaseSystems-M5-Intel, AnalyticalDatabaseSystems-M5-Intel-Tpm, AnalyticalDatabaseSystems-M6-Intel, AnalyticalDatabaseSystems-M6-Intel-Tpm, AnalyticalDatabaseSystems-M7-Intel, AnalyticalDatabaseSystems-M7-Intel-Tpm, Analytics-M8-AMD, Analytics-M8-AMD-Tpm, AzureStack-M6-Intel, AzureStack-M6-Intel-Tpm, AzureStack-M7-Intel, AzureStack-M7-Intel-Tpm, ComputationIntensive-M6-AMD, ComputationIntensive-M6-AMD-Tpm, CPUIntensive-M6-Intel, CPUIntensive-M6-Intel-Tpm, CPUIntensive-M7-Intel, CPUIntensive-M7-Intel-Tpm, CPUIntensive-M8-AMD, CPUIntensive-M8-AMD-Tpm, DataAnalytics-M6-Intel, DataAnalytics-M6-Intel-Tpm, DataAnalytics-M7-Intel, DataAnalytics-M7-Intel-Tpm, EnergyEfficiency-M5-Intel, EnergyEfficiency-M5-Intel-Tpm, EnergyEfficiency-M6-AMD, EnergyEfficiency-M6-AMD-Tpm, EnergyEfficiency-M6-Intel, EnergyEfficiency-M6-Intel-Tpm, EnergyEfficient-M7-Intel, EnergyEfficient-M7-Intel-Tpm, EnergyEfficiency-M8-AMD, EnergyEfficiency-M8-AMD-Tpm, HighPerformanceComputing-M5-Intel, HighPerformanceComputing-M5-Intel-Tpm, HighPerformanceComputing-M6-AMD, HighPerformanceComputing-M6-AMD-Tpm, HighPerformanceComputing-M6-Intel, HighPerformanceComputing-M6-Intel-Tpm, HighPerformanceComputing-M7-Intel, HighPerformanceComputing-M7-Intel-Tpm, HPC-M8-AMD, HPC-M8-AMD-Tpm, IOIntensive-M6-AMD, IOIntensive-M6-AMD-Tpm, IOIntensive-M6-Intel, IOIntensive-M6-Intel-Tpm, IOIntensive-M8-AMD, IOIntensive-M8-AMD-Tpm, JavaApplicationServer-M5-Intel, JavaApplicationServer-M5-Intel-Tpm, LowLatency-M5-Intel, LowLatency-M5-Intel-Tpm, LowLatency-M6-AMD, LowLatency-M6-AMD-Tpm, LowLatency-M6-Intel, LowLatency-M6-Intel-Tpm, LowLatency-M7-Intel, LowLatency-M7-Intel-Tpm, LowLatency-M8-AMD, LowLatency-M8-AMD-Tpm, M5-amd-virtual, M5-amd-virtual-Tpm, M5-intel-virtual, M5-intel-virtual-Tpm, M6-amd-virtual, M6-amd-virtual-Tpm, M6-intel-analytical-db, M6-intel-analytical-db-Tpm, M6-intel-virtual, M6-intel-virtual-Tpm, MaximumPerformance-M5-Intel, MaximumPerformance-M5-Intel-Tpm, OnlineTransactionProcessing-M5-Intel, OnlineTransactionProcessing-M5-Intel-Tpm, RDBMS-M8-AMD, RDBMS-M8-AMD-Tpm, RelationalDatabaseSystems-M6-Intel, RelationalDatabaseSystems-M6-Intel-Tpm, RelationalDatabaseSystems-M7-Intel, RelationalDatabaseSystems-M7-Intel-Tpm, VDI-M6-AMD, VDI-M6-AMD-Tpm, Virtualization-M5-Intel, Virtualization-M5-Intel-Tpm, Virtualization-M6-AMD, Virtualization-M6-AMD-Tpm, Virtualization-M6-Intel, Virtualization-M6-Intel-Tpm, Virtualization-M7-Intel, Virtualization-M7-Intel-Tpm, Virtualization-M8-AMD, Virtualization-M8-AMD-Tpm, Virtualization-M8-Intel, Virtualization-M8-Intel-Tpm	No

tags (compute.intersight.organizations.policies.bios)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
key	String		Yes
value	String		Yes

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates how to apply pre-built BIOS templates for three different workload profiles within the same organization.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          bios:
            - name: web-servers
              bios_template: Virtualization-M7-Intel
              tags:
                - key: env
                  value: prod
            - name: hpc-cluster
              bios_template: HighPerformanceComputing-M7-Intel
            - name: energy-saving
              description: Energy-optimized profile for idle nodes
              bios_template: EnergyEfficiency-M7-Intel