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How to View BIOSconfig Command Options
How to View BIOSconfig Version Information
Configuring the Device Boot Order
How to Make a Persistent Change to Boot Order
How to Specify a Subset of Strings and a Subset of the Boot List
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 Any CD/DVD to Boot First
How to Configure for Any Floppy or Removable Media to Boot First
How to Configure the BIOS CMOS Using a Golden CMOS 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
Commands Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output
How to View BIOSconfig Commands in Solaris OS
BIOSconfig for Windows Known Issues
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
On some platforms, the alternative to using BIOSconfig to control the boot order is IPMI commands, which can also make persistent changes to the boot order through the service processor. This interface can only specify which is the highest priority category of boot devices. This operation is equivalent to entering BIOS setup and moving an entire category of devices to the top of the boot list (for example, moving all disks to boot before CD-ROMs).
The following IPMItool raw commands work just like the IPMItool chassis bootdev commands. During BIOS POST, the BIOS asks the SP for boot flags. The raw commands just have one extra bit set (the persistent bit), which causes the BIOS to reorder the boot list and save that order in CMOS. These IPMItool commands can also be issued through the host -> SP Keyboard Controller Style (KCS) interface if you have the IPMI drivers installed on the host Linux system.
Use the following command:
ipmitool -H ... -U root -P ... raw 0x0 0x8 0x5 0xC0 0x8 0x0 0x0
The BIOS boot order changes so that the hard-drive attempts to boot first. Sun Blade X6275 has a flash mini-DIMM SATA that will boot first. The BIOS setup reflects the change in the boot order.
How to Configure for PXE 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