Users Guide

84 Terminal Mode Commands
SYS SET
BOOTOPT XX
YY…NN
This is 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.
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.
SYS GET
BOOTOPT XX
YY ZZ
This is 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.
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 the parameter does not use a Set Selector.
ZZ—Block Selector.
Selects a particular block within a set of parameters
Write as 00h if the 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 B-3. Terminal Mode Text Commands (continued)
Command Switches Description