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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

Installing Components

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Getting the Software

Sun SSM Component Manager Overview

(Linux and Solaris Operating Systems) Using Component Manager

(Linux and Solaris Operating Systems) Using Component Manager in Interactive Mode

(Linux and Solaris Operating Systems) Using Component Manager in Unattended Mode

(Windows Operating Systems) Using Component Manager

BIOS Configuration Tool

BIOSconfig Dependencies

BIOSconfig Terminology

Using BIOSconfig

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 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

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

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

Failure Return Codes

Commands Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output

BIOSconfig for Solaris OS

How to View BIOSconfig Commands in Solaris OS

How to Obtain the BMC Driver

BIOSconfig for Windows

BIOSconfig for Windows Known Issues

BIOSconfig Error Messages

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 Unattended Installation of the Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1

How to Verify IPMItool Installation

Index

Failure Return Codes

This table describes the error return codes for BIOSconfig.

Error Return Codes
Error Type
Return Code
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SUCCESS
0
Success
FAILURE
1
Error (1): Unknown failure
INVALID_ARGS
2
Error (2): Invalid arguments
MULTIPLE_OPS
3
Error (3): Multiple operations not allowed
CANT_OPEN_INPUT_FILE
4
Error (4): Cannot open input file for reading
CANT_OPEN_OUTPUT_FILE
5
Error (5): Cannot open output file for writing
WRITE_FAILED
6
Error (6): Cannot write to output file
ILOM_UNRESPONSIVE
7
Error (7): Cannot get the ILOM to respond
ILOM_TIMEOUT
8
Error (8): ILOM responsive but transaction timed out
ILOM_FAILURE
9
Error (9): ILOM indicated the operation as failed
INPUT_FILE_PARSE_FAILURE
10
Error (10): Input file parse error
NW_VERIFY_FAILURE
11
Error (11): Network configuration command issued, but verification failed
PW_VERIFY_FAILURE
12
Error (12): Password command issued, but verification failed
BOOT_VERIFY_FAILURE
13
Error (13): Boot option command issued, but verification failed
INVALID_PASSWORD
14
Error (14): Invalid password
OUT_OF_MEMORY
15
Error (15): Out of memory
READ_FAILED
16
Error (16): Input file read failed
ILOM_IFC_NOT_FOUND
17
Error (17): ILOM interface not found
BBS_NOT_FOUND
18
Error (18): Runtime BIOS Boot Settings (BBS) interface not found
BBS_FAILURE
19
Error (19): BIOS Boot Settings failed
BOOT_ DEVICE_NOT_FOUND
20
Error (20): Specified boot device not found
DMI_TYPE_NOT_FOUND
21
Error (21): SMBIOS (DMI) structure not found
DMI_UPDATE_FAILED
22
Error (22): SMBIOS (DMI) update failed
PROCESSING_BIOS_IMAGE
23
Error(23): BIOS Image process failed
PROCESSING_SETUP_DATA
24
Error(24): Setup Data process failed
FLASH_INTERFACE_ERROR
30
Error(30): Flash interface error
BIOS_READ_FAILURE
31
Error(31): BIOS read failure
BIOS_DECODE_ERROR
32
Error(32): BIOS data decode error
BIOS_DATA_MISMATCH
33
Error(33): BIOS and XML data mismatch
BIOS_REBUILD_ERROR
34
Error(34): BIOS rebuild error
BIOS_UPDATE_FAILURE
35
Error(35): BIOS Flash update Failure
DRV_INIT_COM
36
Error(36): WMI error cannot initialize COM Library (Windows only)
DRV_INIT_SECURE
37
Error(37): WMI error cannot initialize security (Windows only)
DRV_PTR_SVC
38
Error(38): WMI error cannot create pointer to WbemServices (Windows only)
DRV_WMI_NAMESPACE
39
Error(39): WMI error cannot connect to WMI namespace (Windows only)
DRV_SET_PROXY
40
Error(40): WMI error cannot set proxy blanker (Windows only)
DRV_ENUM_CLASS
41
Error(41): WMI error cannot enumerate class object (Windows only)
DRV_FIND_CLASS
42
Error(42): WMI error cannot find class object (Windows only)
DRV_PATH_OBJ
43
Error(43): WMI error cannot get path to the object (Windows only)
DRV_HANDLE_NULL
44
Error(44): WMI error driver handle is passed as null (Windows only)
DRV_GET_OBJ
45
Error(45): WMI error cannot get the class object (Windows only)
DRV_PARAM_DEF
46
Error(46): WMI error cannot get the params definitions (Windows only)
DRV_PARAM_SPAWN
47
Error(47): WMI error cannot spawn param instance (Windows only)
DRV_PARAM_COPY
48
Error(48): WMI error cannot copy the parameters (Windows only)
DRV_WMI_METHOD
49
Error(49): WMI error executing WMI method (Windows only)
DRV_COMPLN_CODE
50
Error(50): WMI error cannot get the completion code (Windows only)
DRV_COMPLN_ERROR
51
Error(51): WMI error completion code is non-zero (Windows only)
DRV_GET_RESP_SIZE
52
Error(52): WMI error response data size mismatch (Windows only)
DRV_GET_RESP_DATA
53
Error(53): WMI error cannot get the ResponseData (Windows only)
DRV_RESP_LEN_OVERFLOW
54
Error(54): WMI error response length too long (Windows only)
ISM_INIT_COM
56
Error(56): ISM error SetupDiGetClassDevs failed (Windows only)
ISM_ENUM_CLASS
57
Error(57): ISM error SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces failed (Windows only)
ISM_INSUFF_BUFFER
58
Error(58): ISM error insufficient buffer length (Windows only)
ISM_INTF_MALLOC
59
Error(59): ISM error interface malloc failed (Windows only)
ISM_GET_INTF
60
Error(60): ISM error SetupDiGetInterfaceDeviceDetail failed (Windows only)
ISM_MAKE_FILE
61
Error(61): ISM error createFile failed (Windows only)
ISM_HANDLE_NULL
62
Error(62): ISM error driver handle is passed as null (Windows only)
ISM_IPMI_COMMAND
63
Error(63): ISM error executing SMI method (Windows only)
RC_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES
64
Error (64): Insufficient privileges to run BIOS config
INTERNAL_ERROR
FF
Error (FF): Internal program error

See also:

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