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Sun Server CLI Tools and IPMItool 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

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

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:

Examples of BIOSconfig Commands
Command
Description
# biosconfig -get_version
Outputs to standard out.
# biosconfig -get_version file.xml
Outputs to file.xml.
# biosconfig -get_version > file.xml
Outputs to file.xml.
# biosconfig -get_version | <some-command>
Pipes the output to another command.
# biosconfig -set_bios_settings
Takes input from standard in.
# biosconfig -set_bios_settings file.xml
Takes input from file.xml.
# biosconfig -set_bios_settings < file.xml
Takes input from file.xml.

When it fails, it returns one of several failure codes listed at the end of this document.

See also: How to View BIOSconfig Command Options