On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:19:20AM -0600, Cody Jarrett wrote:
> Is there a way to check Bios items on a Dell Poweredge, such as AC Power
> Recovery Mode status, without having to install OMSA?
> For example, when I do install OMSA and run:
> omreport chassis biossetup |grep -A2 -i power
> Attribute : AC Power Recovery Mode
> Setting : On
> I get what I'm looking for. I'm just wondering if there is a lighter
> weight utility or way to check the status of mainly just this item (AC
> Power Recovery Mode).
You can use Deployment Toolkit (DTK). It is available for download on
support.dell.com.
You may also be able to use smbios-token-ctl, from the
smbios-utils-python package on most distributions. On this PowerEdge
2850, I get:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/smbios-token-ctl -d
[snip]
================================================================================
Token: 0x00a1 - AC Power Recovery Mode (Off)
value: bool = false
Desc: After an AC power loss, when AC power is restored, the system
will stay
off.
================================================================================
Token: 0x00a3 - AC Power Recovery Mode (On)
value: bool = false
Desc: After an AC power loss, when AC power is restored, the system
will power
on.
================================================================================
Token: 0x00a2 - AC Power Recovery Mode (Last)
value: bool = true
Desc: After an AC power loss, when AC power is restored, the system
will retur
n to the state was in when power was lost.
================================================================================
and to set the mode, activate the appropriate token:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/smbios-token-ctl --activate -i 0x00a3
Thanks,
Matt
--
Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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