Oracle Netra SPARC S7-2 Series User Manual

Enable or Disable Automatic Booting (Oracle Solaris)
Enable or Disable Automatic Booting (Oracle
Solaris)
While running Oracle Solaris, use this procedure to configure OpenBoot so that a host reset or
poweron either attempts to boot automatically, or not. This change is permanent but only takes
effect after a host reset.
Note - To enable automatic booting of the OS, the Oracle ILOM auto-boot property also must
be enabled. You can change the Oracle ILOM auto-boot property at /HOST/domain/control.
1.
Log in to Oracle Solaris as a user with root privileges.
2.
Set the OpenBoot auto-boot? parameter.
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true – (Default) The host automatically attempts to boot from the devices specified in boot-
device.
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false – The host does not automatically boot. You can boot manually.
For example:
# eeprom auto-boot?=false
3.
Verify the change.
# eeprom auto-boot?
auto-boot?=false
4.
Reset the host.
# init 6
The host resets. After initialization, the host attempts to boot or not based on your
configuration.
Related Information
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“Enable or Disable Automatic Booting (OpenBoot)” on page 45
View All OpenBoot Parameters
1.
View all of the OpenBoot parameters.
46 SPARC and Netra SPARC S7-2 Series Servers Administration Guide • March 2017

Oracle Netra SPARC S7-2 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Oracle
Model	Netra SPARC S7-2 Series
Category	Server
Language	English