BIOS settings from the shell ?

[Robert von Bismarck]

Thanks !

Looks like this is what I need.

Cheers,

Robert


> 
> >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
> 
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