Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V100 - Manual (Page 66)

48 Sun Fire V100 Server User’s Guide • December 2001
This command enables you to dictate the behavior of the server after a reset. Its
functionality is identical to that available on Sun keyboards with the Stop key
combinations. (However, the
bootmode command is provided because the Stop key
combinations are not available for the Sun Fire V100 server: you cannot use them
from a keyboard that is connected to the server with a serial link.)
You must have r -level LOM permission to use the bootmode command. For
information about user privileges, see “Setting Up LOM Privileges for Named
Users” on page 54.
Boot Modes Available
If you use the bootmode command without arguments, the LOM device reports
only the current boot mode. The boot modes available are listed in TABLE 5-1 .
TABLE 5-1 Boot Modes
Mode Description
-u This option does not represent a boot mode. However, if you have
previously dedicated the Serial A/LOM port to LOM and you now
want to share the port between the console and LOM, you can use
the
-u option. It is a quick alternative to the procedure described for
sharing the Serial A/LOM port in the section “Separating LOM
From the Console on the Serial A/LOM Port” on page 60.
normal In this mode, the server boots using your OpenBoot PROM settings.
To cause this parameter to take effect, you must reset the server
after using the
bootmode command at the lom> prompt.
forth In this mode, the server does not boot to the Solaris environment
but stops the boot cycle at the
ok prompt. The command is
equivalent to the Stop-F key combination for Sun keyboards. To
cause the parameter to take effect, you must use the
bootmode
forth command at the lom> prompt and then reset the server. (It is
only when the server resets that it reads the new forth parameter
from the LOM device.)