2950 "ipmitool chassis bootdev" not working

[Harald_Jensas at Dell.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com 
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Stothard
> Sent: den 7 mars 2007 13:28
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: 2950 "ipmitool chassis bootdev" not working
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've been trying to change the boot device on a power edge 
> 2950 using ipmitool with the syntax "ipmitool chassis bootdev 
> pxe". ipmitool says that it's set the boot device to pxe, but 
> on the next boot the system boots from the hard drive. I've 
> tried the version of ipmitool that came with CentOS 4.4 
> (1.8.7) and the latest (1.8.9) but neither work.
> 
> Has anyone managed to get this to work?
> 
> Alternatively, does anyone know of any other way to change 
> the boot order from a linux command line?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 

The OpenManage Deployment Tool Kit can do this:


Have a look at the command line reference here:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/software/dtk/2.2/CLI/dtkclc0d.htm#wp1055169

Example 2: 

A:>syscfg --nextboot=nic.emb.1

nextboot=nic.emb.1


The DTK is available for Linux here:
http://ftp.us.dell.com/sysman/DTK-2.2.1_LINUX-1674.iso



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Harald Jensås