Dell PowerEdge 7250 User Manual

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Terminal Mode Commands

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Boot initiator info

(semi-volatile)

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Address and Identity information for the party that initiated the

boot. The party that initiates the boot writes this parameter and

the boot info acknowledge parameter prior to issuing the

command that causes the system power up, power cycle, or reset.

This data is written by the remote console application, not the

BMC.
Boot Source
Data 1- Channel Number. Channel that delivers the boot

command (for example, chassis control). BIOS and boot software

(e.g. service partition or operating system loader) can use the Get

Channel Sessions to find out information about the party that

initiated the boot
[7:4]—Reserved.
[3:0]—Channel Number.
Data 2:5 - Session ID. Session ID for session that the boot

command will be issued over. This value can be used with the Get

Channel Sessions command to find out information about the

party that initiated the boot.
Data 6:9 - Boot Info Timestamp. This timestamp is used to help

software determine whether the boot information is "stale" or not.

A service partition or OS loader may elect to ignore the boot

information if it is older than expected.
The boot initiator should load this field with the timestamp value

from the IPMI Get SEL Time command prior to issuing the

command that initiates the boot.

Table C-5. Boot Option Parameters

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Parameter

Number

Parameter Data (non-volatile unless otherwise noted)

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