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Oracle Server CLI Tools and IPMItool 2.1 User's Guide |
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Oracle Hardware CLI Tools Overview
Installing Components Using the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Installer
Installing Hardware Management Pack Components Using Installer
CLI Tools Command Syntax and Conventions
CLI Tools Device-Naming Convention
Configuring the Device Boot Order
Commands That Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output
fwupdate Command-Line Interface
remove spare Subcommand and Options
Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1
Using ipmitool for Configuration Tasks
How to Configure for PXE to Boot First
How to Configure for Any CD/DVD to Boot First
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 have just 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.
ipmitool -H ... -U root -P ... raw 0x0 0x8 0x5 0xC0 0x3C 0x0 0x0
The BIOS boot order changes so that any floppy or removable media (such as USB flash) attempts to boot first. On Sun Blade X6275 this could be a USB flash drive or a JavaConsole-redirected floppy. The BIOS setup reflects the change in the boot order.
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