BIOS settings from the shell ?

[McDougall, Marshall (FSH)]

>Is there an easy way (ipmi, omsa or else) to set the BIOS 
>"boot order" setting to "boot from Network" from the shell, 

I think omconfig(omsa) is what you are looking for.

[root at fsh1166db5 addons]# omconfig chassis biossetup -?
biossetup        Configure BIOS setup.
NOTE: Changing onboardraid or primaryscsi or ide attributes can make
your
      system inoperable or require an operating system reinstall
Valid parameters are:
attribute=numlock        setting=<on|off>
attribute=diskette       setting=<off|auto|writeprotect>
attribute=nic            setting=<enabled|disabled|enablednonepxe>
attribute=nic2           setting=<enabled|disabled|enablednonepxe>
attribute=usbb           setting=<enabled|enabledwithbios|disabled>
attribute=ide            setting=<on|off>  force=<true>
attribute=bootsequence
setting=<diskettefirst|hdonly|devicelist|cdromfirst>
attribute=serialport1
setting=<off|auto|com1|com3|bmcserial|bmcnic|rac>
attribute=serialport2    setting=<off|auto|com2|com4>
attribute=speaker        setting=<on|off>
attribute=bezel          setting=<disable|enable>
attribute=romb           setting=<off|raid|scsi>  force=<true>
attribute=conredirect    setting=<disable|enable|com2|bmcnic|drac/mc>


HTH.

Regards, Marshall