Dell PowerEdge 7250 User Manual

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Terminal Mode Commands

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SYS SET

BOOTOPT XX

YY…NN

This is essentially a text version of the IPMI Set System Boot

Options command. It allows any of the boot option parameters to

be set, not just the boot flags. XX YY…NN represent the hex-

ASCII encoding for the data bytes that are passed in the Set

System Boot Options request.
See Table C-5 for more information.
XX — Parameter valid.
[7] — 1b = Mark parameter invalid / locked.

0b = Mark parameter valid / unlocked.

[6:0] — Boot option parameter selector .
YY…NN — Boot Option Parameter Data.
Passing 0-bytes of parameter data allows the parameter valid bit to

be changed without affecting the present parameter setting. See

Table C-5 for more information.

SYS GET

BOOTOPT XX

YY ZZ

This is essentially a text version of the IPMI Get System Boot

Options command. It allows any of the boot option parameters to

be retrieved.
XX YY ZZ represents the hex-ASCII for the data bytes that are

passed in the Get System Boot Options request.
The BMC returns the data from the command in hex-ASCII

format. See Table C-5 for more information.
XX—Parameter selector.
[7]—Reserved.
[6:0]—Boot option parameter selector.
YY—Set Selector.
[7:0]—Selects a particular block or set of parameters under the

given parameter selector.

Write as 00h if parameter does not use a Set Selector.
ZZ—Block Selector.

Selects a particular block within a set of parameters

Write as 00h if parameter does not use a Block Selector.

NOTE:

There are no IPMI-specified Boot Options parameters that

use the block selector. However, this field is provided for consistency

with other configuration commands and as a placeholder for future

extension of the IPMI specification.

Table C-4. Terminal Mode Text Commands

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Command

Switches

Description

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