About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Oracle Hardware CLI Tools Overview
Installing Components Using the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Installer
Installing Hardware Management Pack Components Using Installer
CLI Tools Command Syntax and Conventions
CLI Tools Device-Naming Convention
Configuring the Device Boot Order
Commands That Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output
fwupdate Command-Line Interface
remove spare Subcommand and Options
Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1
BIOS is the software that initializes the computer hardware and then boots the operating system.
CMOS in this context means the 128 or 256 bytes of battery-backed-up RAM that holds the state that was configured through the BIOS setup menus (or biosconfig).
IPMI is a standard interface used to manage servers. For more information, go to: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi
ipmitool is an open-source tool used to manage a system. ipmitool is distributed on the Tools and Drivers CD for each Oracle platform. You can find documentation (for example, on the ipmitool chassis bootdev command) at: http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/manpage.html.
NVRAM in this context means the portion of the BIOS ROM that holds the BIOS’s boot information.
See also: