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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
How to View biosconfig Command Options
How to View biosconfig Version Information
Configuring the Device Boot Order
How to Set the First Boot Device for the Next Boot
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
Commands That Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output
fwupdate Command-Line Interface
remove spare Subcommand and Options
Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1
biosconfig can manipulate the bootable devices individually (not by category) through specification of (subsets of) the strings that BIOS expansion ROMs use to identify their devices. biosconfig does this by reading the boot-related tables that the BIOS stores in NVRAM, which is a dedicated part of the BIOS ROM, and then by manipulating the contents of CMOS where the boot order is stored.
Here is an example output of the -get_boot_order command option from a Sun Blade X6275 server module (which has a built-in bootable InfiniBand interface) set to optimal defaults with a 1-GByte USB flash, a USB CD, and a dual Gig-Ethernet Express Module plugged in:
<?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, .....</HELP_STRING> <CLEAR_CMOS></CLEAR_CMOS> </BOOT_ORDER_OVERRIDE> <BOOT_DEVICE_PRIORITY> <Boot_Device_01> <DEVICE_NAME>USB:Port1:Memorex DVD+-RAM 510L v1</DEVICE_NAME> </Boot_Device_01> <Boot_Device_02> <DEVICE_NAME>SATA:3M-MRVLRD 200254-01SUN24G 0801</DEVICE_NAME> </Boot_Device_02> <Boot_Device_03> <DEVICE_NAME>USB:Port0:SanDisk Cruzer Contour</DEVICE_NAME> </Boot_Device_03> <Boot_Device_04> <DEVICE_NAME>IB:Slot2.F0:PXE:MLNX HCA IB 1.9.972 (PCI 07:00. </DEVICE_NAME> <PCI-B-D-F>07,00,00</PCI-B-D-F> </Boot_Device_04> <Boot_Device_05> <DEVICE_NAME>PXE:IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1324</DEVICE_NAME> <PCI-B-D-F>00,19,00</PCI-B-D-F> </Boot_Device_05> </BOOT_DEVICE_PRIORITY> </BIOSCONFIG>
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