Oracle Server CLI Tools Overview
CLI Tools Command Syntax and Conventions
Device Terminology Used by biosconfig
biosconfig for Oracle Solaris OS
Viewing biosconfig Command Options and Version Information
How to View biosconfig Command Options
How to View biosconfig Version Information
Methods for Changing the Boot List
How to Set the First Boot Device for the Next Boot
How to Make a Persistent Change to Boot Order
How to Change Boot Order Based on the PCI Bus, Device, or Function
How to Capture the BIOS CMOS Golden Image
How to Apply the BIOS CMOS Golden Image
Configuring Individual CMOS Settings
Static and Dynamic CMOS Settings
How to Configure a Static CMOS Setting
How to Configure a Dynamic Setting
During BIOS power-on self-test (POST), BIOS scans the hardware and accumulates a list of bootable devices. That list is then ordered into categories and presented as a boot list, which is the ordered list of bootable devices on which a boot is attempted.
biosconfig enables you to configure the first device to boot at the next reboot or to configure the entire boot order. biosconfig does this by reading the boot-related tables that the BIOS stores in NVRAM, and then by manipulating the contents of CMOS where the boot order is stored.
This section covers the following topics: