Introduction; Boot Modes Available - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire B1600 Administration Manual

8.1

Introduction

Note – You must have r-level user permission on the System Controller to use the
bootmode command. For information about user privileges, see
You can control the booting behavior of a server blade by using the bootmode
command at the sc> prompt on the System Controller. The functionality of this
command is similar to the functionality available on Sun keyboards via the L1 key
combinations. However, the bootmode command is provided because the L1 key
combinations are not available for server blades.
The syntax for the bootmode command is as follows:
bootmode [reset_nvram|diag|skip_diag|normal|bootscript="string"]
{blade list}
where the blade list is a space-separated list of the blades (each identified by the
character 's' followed by a slot number) whose booting you want to configure.
The command-line options (reset_nvram, diag, skip_diag|normal, and
bootscript="string") are as described in
page
8.2

Boot Modes Available

If you use the bootmode command without arguments, the System Controller
reports the current boot mode for each blade and the time that it will expire.
Note – If you use the bootmode command to make any change to the booting
behavior of a blade, you must reset the blade or blades concerned within 10 minutes
of running the bootmode command. Otherwise the boot mode for the blade or
blades will revert to the parameter setting normal. For information about resetting a
server blade, see
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