Bug ID: 28540668
Issue: After installing a new operating system, when you move a boot device up in the Boot Options Device Priority List temporarily using the IPMItool or the Oracle ILOM command set /HOST/ boot_device=pxe|disk, the temporarily elevated boot device will remain as the first boot device in the Boot Options Device Priority List in the BIOS Setup Utility. You will be unable to recover the previous original boot order.
Affected Software: Oracle ILOM 4.0.4.21 and system BIOS
Workaround:
Before starting the workaround, back up the BIOS configuration as an XML file, then use that XML file later to restore the BIOS configuration. For information refer to "Backing Up and Restoring Hardware and Firmware Configurations" in the Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23161_01/html/E75413/index.html
Option 1:
To avoid further effects from this issue, reset the BIOS to factory defaults using either the Oracle ILOM command-line interface (CLI) or web interface.
From the CLI:
Type:
- > cd /System/BIOS - > set reset_to_defaults=factory Set 'reset_to_defaults' to 'factory'
Wait until /System/BIOS reset_to_defaults changes from factory to none. The reset_to_defaults value reverts back to none after the factory default settings have been applied to the host BIOS.
From the web interface:
Navigate to System Management → BIOS.
In the Reset Defaults To Factory list box, select Factory.
Click Save to save the settings.
Option 2:
After installing a new operating system, update Oracle ILOM using the CLI or web interface without preserving the BIOS configuration.
For more information about updating Oracle ILOM without preserving the BIOS configuration, refer to the "Backing Up, Restoring, or Resetting the Oracle ILOM Configuration in the Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Firmware Release 4.0.x at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E81115_01.