biosconfig Command Overview

The biosconfig command can be used to get current configuration settings or set configuration settings. When used to get configuration settings, biosconfig generates XML output showing the configuration. When used to set configuration settings, biosconfig reads XML input describing the configuration settings to be made.

Examples of biosconfig commands and their outputs are shown in the following table:

When a command fails, it returns one of several failure codes listed in biosconfig Error Codes.

See also:

How to View biosconfig Command Options

If you run biosconfig without arguments, you get the help output including the biosconfig command options:

• Issue the biosconfig command without arguments:

  # biosconfig
  Copyright (C) SUN Microsystems 2009.
  BIOSconfig Utility Version 2.2.5
  Build Date: Jan 11 2010
  Build Time: 01:22:05
  
  BIOSconfig Specification Version 2.4
  
  Usage: biosconfig [-v] option [filename]
  Example: biosconfig -get_version output.xml
  
  [-v] Verbose on. Only valid if a xml input/output filename is provided
  [Filename] Name of the XML output (or input) file for get (or set)
  command (optional).
  get commands will output to the console if the filename
  is not provided
  set commands will get input from the console if the filename
  is not provided
  
  Available options (Required):
  -get_version Get version of this tool
  -get_boot_order Get the BOOT Devices list
  -set_boot_order Set the BOOT Devices list
  -get_bios_settings Get setup configuration from BIOS
  -set_bios_settings Set setup configuration to BIOS ROM
  -get_CMOS_dump Get 256 bytes CMOS setup data from BIOS
  -set_CMOS_dump Set 256 bytes of CMOS setup data to BIOS

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  Note - When a command is used with a -get option, the information is output as standard I/O. When the -set option is used, the information is output to a file.

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See Also

• How to View biosconfig Version Information

How to View biosconfig Version Information

1. Run biosconfig -get_version ver.xml, to get the following output:

   # biosconfig -get_version ver.xml
   
   Copyright (C) SUN Microsystems 2009.
   BIOSconfig Utility Version 2.1
   Build Date: Jul 16 2009
   Build Time: 15:55:12
   
   BIOSconfig Specification Version 2.4
   
   Success

2. View the created ver.xml file, for example:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <BIOSCONFIG>
       <BIOSCONFIG_VERSION>2.1</BIOSCONFIG_VERSION>
       <SPEC_VERSION>2.4</SPEC_VERSION>
       <SP_NETWORK_CONFIG>
           <DISCOVERY></DISCOVERY>
           <IP></IP>
           <NETMASK></NETMASK>
           <GATEWAY></GATEWAY>
       </SP_NETWORK_CONFIG>
       <PASSWORD_CONFIG>
           <PASSWORD></PASSWORD>
       </PASSWORD_CONFIG>
       <BOOT_ORDER_OVERRIDE>
           <HELP_STRING>FIRST=Choose one of: pxe, cdrom, disk,
   floppy, bios, none</HELP_STRING>
           <FIRST></FIRST>
           <HELP_STRING>CLEAR_CMOS=Choose Yes, No or leave it 
   empty, em.....</HELP_STRING>
           <CLEAR_CMOS></CLEAR_CMOS>
       </BOOT_ORDER_OVERRIDE>
       <BOOT_DEVICE_PRIORITY>
           <B0>
               <DEVICE_NAME></DEVICE_NAME>
               <PCI-B-D-F></PCI-B-D-F>
           </B0>
       </BOOT_DEVICE_PRIORITY>
   </BIOSCONFIG>

See Also

• How to View biosconfig Command Options