Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1345)

OCM for VMware vCenter Version 10.2 User Manual P009805-01A Rev. A
11. Using OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter Command Line Interface
The Command Reference
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Example
elxvcpcmd.exe v=10.20.30.40 u=user p=password h=1.2.3.4 echo
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enablebootcode
Syntax
elxvcpcmd.exe v=<vcenter_server> u=<vc_username> p=<vc_password>
h=<esx_host> enablebootcode <WWPN | MAC> [Flag][NetworkBootMethod]
Description
This command enables or disables the boot BIOS state on a given port by enabling or
disabling the boot code on the FC adapter, the PXE BIOS or the iBFT for 16GB ports of
the NIC on the UCNA.
Parameters
WWPN
The WWPN of a port on the ESXi host with Emulex adapters.
MAC
The MAC address of the NIC or iSCSI port.
Destination WWPN
WWPN of the destination (echoing) adapter.
Count
The number of times to run the test (0 = run test infinitely,
Range = 1...99,999).
StopOnError
Checks if the test must be halted on error.
0 = No halt
1 = Halt
Pattern
(optional)
One to eight hexadecimal bytes to use for loopback data (for
example: 1a2b3c4d).
v
The vCenter server IP address.
u
The user name for the vCenter server.
p
The user password for the vCenter server.
h
The IP address of the ESXi host with Emulex adapters.
WWPN
The WWPN of a port on the ESXi host with Emulex
adapters.
MAC
The MAC address of the UCNA port.
Flag
0 – disable Boot BIOS state.
1 – enable Boot BIOS state.
NetworkBootMethod
Network boot method to be used by the NIC.
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iBFT
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PXE