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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
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>