Command Line Interface Guide

• Enable or disable power button control features if the system configuration permits
Use the omconfig chassis -? or omconfig mainsystem -? command to view a list of all omconfig chassis or omconfig
mainsystem commands.
Omconfig Chassis Biossetup Or Omconfig Mainsystem Biossetup
Use the omconfig chassis biossetup or omconfig mainsystem biossetup command to configure system BIOS settings
that are normally available only in the BIOS setup boot time settings of the system.
CAUTION: Changing certain BIOS setup options may disable the system or require you to reinstall the operating
system.
NOTE: Reboot the system for the BIOS setup options to take effect.
NOTE: Not all BIOS setup options are available on every system.
NOTE: Due to the limitations of certain operating systems (for example, VMware ESXi), certain features are not
available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator.
NOTE: When CSIOR (Collect System Inventory on Restart) is disabled, you cannot configure the BIOS settings using
omconfig command.
BIOS Setup Settings On Systems Prior To PowerEdge 12G Systems
The following table displays the name=value pairs that you can use with omconfig chassis biossetup or omconfig
mainsystem biossetup command on systems prior to PowerEdge12G systems.
Table 21. BIOS Setup Settings on systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems
name=value pair 1 attribute= name=value pair 2 setting= Description
attribute=acpwrrecovery setting=off | last| on
• off: System is turned off.
• last: System returns to the
previous state.
• on: System is turned on.
delay=random | immediate | timedelay
< value >
• random: System is turned on
with random delay.
• immediate: System returns to
previous state immediately.
• timedelay < value >: System is
turned on based on the user
specified time delay.
attribute=bezel setting=enabled | disabled
• enabled: Enables the bezel
removal intrusion check
during system boot.
• disabled: Disables the bezel
removal intrusion check
during system boot.
attribute=bootsequence setting=diskettefirst | hdonly |
devicelist | cdromfirst | opticaldrive
Instructs the BIOS which device is
used to boot the system, and the order
in which the boot routine checks each
device.
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