Deployment Guide

BIOS Option Settings
You can manage the BIOS start settings using the options in this group.
BootSeq/bootseq
Table 20. SYSCFG Options Supported — BootSeq/bootseq
Valid Arguments
• On systems prior to 12G: numerical list separated by commas or list of device
names separated by commas
• On 12G and later systems: list of device names separated by commas
Description
Enables, disables, and orders the devices in a boot order list. Only the devices present
on the system are listed in the boot sequence.
NOTE: Only the devices listed in the bootseq are enabled.
Without an argument, this option prints the boot order list. The argument must be
formatted as a comma-separated numerical list with no spaces. The list must be within
the bounds of the current boot list, that is, the low and high numbers must match, and
the same number of entries must be supplied. Systems that use a numerical list for
boot order cannot be replicated.
Some systems also allow the boot order to be expressed as a list of device names.
Device names are formatted as a name.location.instance string, where name is the
name of the device, location is either slot or embedded (emb), and instance is the
numerical position of the device. Some device name examples are shown below.
Systems that support a list of device names for boot order can be replicated.
Numerical Lists Examples:
A:>syscfg --bootseq= 2,3,4,5,1,6
The following devices are set in the boot sequence:
Device 2:* usbcdrom.slot.1- USB CD-ROM device
Device 3:* virtualcd.slot.1 – VIRTUAL CDROM
Device 4:* hdd.emb.0 -Hard drive C:
Device 5:* nic.emb.1 - MBA v2.5.12 Slot 0500
Device 1:* virtualfloppy.slot.1 - VIRTUAL FLOPPY
Device 6:* usbfloppy.slot.1 - USB Floppy device
NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.
Device Name Examples:
Example of device names:
nic.slot.1 (network adapter 1 in PCI slot)
nic.emb.1 (network adapter 1 on system board)
hdd.emb.0 (hard drive C:)
cdrom.emb.0 (CD drive)
Device Name Lists Examples
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