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Sun Server CLI Tools and IPMItool 2.0 User's Guide

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Preface

Related Books

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Change History

Sun Server CLI Tools Overview

Installing Components

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Getting the Software

Sun SSM Component Manager Overview

Upgrading from Previous Versions

(Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager

(Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager in Interactive Mode

(Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager in Unattended Mode

(Windows) Using Component Manager

(Windows) Using the Component Manager Graphic Interface

(Windows) Using Component Manager Command-line Interface

CLI Tools Command Syntax and Conventions

CLI Tools Command Syntax

CLI Tools Device-Naming Convention

Using thebiosconfig Tool

biosconfig Dependencies

biosconfig Terminology

Using biosconfig

biosconfig for Solaris OS

biosconfig for Windows

Installing and Removing the Sun System Management Driver on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2008 64-bit

How to Install the biosconfig Sun System Management Driver on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2008 64-bit

How to Uninstall the biosconfig Sun System Management Driver on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2008 64-bit

biosconfig Command Overview

How to View biosconfig Command Options

How to View biosconfig Version Information

What Changes the Boot List

Important Notes on Devices

Configuring the Device Boot Order

How to Set the First Boot Device for the Next Boot

How to Make a Persistent Change to Boot Order

How to Switch Boot Devices

How to Specify a Subset of Strings and a Subset of the Boot List

How to Move Boot List Entries

How to Change Boot Order Based on the PCI Bus, Device, or Function

BIOS CMOS Configuration

How to Configure the BIOS CMOS Using a Golden CMOS Image

How to Apply the Golden Image

Configuring Individual CMOS Settings

How to Retrieve Static CMOS Settings

How to Configure a Dynamic Setting

How to Configure NET0_Option_ROM

How to View Chipset-Related Settings

How to Configure System Powered Off

How to Turn Off Quick Boot and Power Off Options

Commands That Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output

Using the fwupdate Tool

fwupdate Command-Line Interface

list Subcommand

reset Subcommand

update Subcommand

Device-Naming Convention

Execution Summary

Using the raidconfig Tool

raidconfig Overview

raidconfig Command Overview

list Subcommand

list Options

How To Show a Brief Listing

How To Show a Detailed Listing

How To Show a Brief Listing of a Disk

create raid Subcommand

How To Create a RAID Volume

delete raid Subcommand

How To Delete a RAID Volume

add spare Subcommand

add spare Options

How to Add a Spare

remove spare Subcommand and Options

How to Remove a Spare Disk or a RAID Volume

modify Subcommand

modify Options

How to Modify a RAID Volume Name

export Subcommand

raidconfig export Options

How to Export an Inventory to a File

import Subcommand

How to Configure RAID Volumes from a File

Using the ilomconfig Tool

ilomconfig Overview

ilomconfig Command Usage

Using ipmitool for Windows

ipmitool Overview

Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1

How to Install Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1 Manually

How to Perform an Unattended Installation of the Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1

How to Verify ipmitool Installation

How to Configure for PXE to Boot First

How to Configure for the Hard Drive to Boot First

How to Configure for Any CD/DVD to Boot First

How to Configure for Any Floppy or Removable Media to Boot First

CLI Tools Error Codes

Common Error Codes

biosconfig Error Messages

raidconfig Error Codes

ilomconfig Error Codes

fwupdate Error Codes

Index

BIOS CMOS Configuration

The BIOS configuration information is stored in the CMOS memory, battery back-up, in the host's chipset. Through the BIOS setup interface at BIOS POST, you can configure many of the CMOS settings. biosconfig is an alternative interface to modify these settings with a program on the host OS. biosconfig configures the BIOS CMOS settings using two methods:

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