RE: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
dmidecode -s system-serial-number
gives me the Service tag number on my host. RHEL 5, M610...
or:
dmidecode | grep -A4 'System Information' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $NF}'
if you have an older version of dmidecode.
Now, resetting it is a different ball of wax...
don
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From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of J. Epperson
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:38 AM
To: linux-poweredge@dell.com
Subject: Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out
Complete OM Install
On Thu, March 25, 2010 11:00, Dameon Wagner wrote:
>
> Does your distro have the SMBios tools? I use Debian, and with the
> libsmbios-bin package I have a tool called `serviceTag` which spits
> out, and allows you to change, the Dell service tag for the box.
>
That sounds like what I want (although it appears that libsmbios-bin
package has been replaced with smbios-utils package). But if I
bootstrap
from the instructions on
http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html,
with smbios-utils-bin installed I end up with no serviceTag tool,
although
although it's listed as one of the supported binaries on
http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/cmdlinetools.html.
Dell has done a better job than most vendors in Linux support, and Matt
Domsch in particular is a blessing on the Linux community, but their
repo
collection ought to be called the "Dell Ducktape Repositories".
Dependencies and obsolescences aren't dealt with consistently, presence
of
old repo files on a system can wreck the bus (and are not dealt with by
later bootstraps), etc
Maybe I can get some IP cameras installed in the data center so I can
read
the asset tags off the front of the systems.
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RE: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
On Thu, March 25, 2010 14:15, Donald Harper wrote:
> dmidecode -s system-serial-number
>
> gives me the Service tag number on my host. RHEL 5, M610...
>
> or:
> dmidecode | grep -A4 'System Information' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $NF}'
>
> if you have an older version of dmidecode.
>
> Now, resetting it is a different ball of wax...
>
And that's the ball of wax I need to melt. Original post stated that, I
guess I trimmed too much in my rant about the Dell repos. I have means of
querying service tag, but it's blank on systems where MB has been
replaced, under warranty, by Dell field support.
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Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
On Thu, March 25, 2010 11:00, Dameon Wagner wrote: > > Does your distro have the SMBios tools? I use Debian, and with the > libsmbios-bin package I have a tool called `serviceTag` which spits > out, and allows you to change, the Dell service tag for the box. > That sounds like what I want (although it appears that libsmbios-bin package has been replaced with smbios-utils package). But if I bootstrap from the instructions on http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html, with smbios-utils-bin installed I end up with no serviceTag tool, although although it's listed as one of the supported binaries on http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/cmdlinetools.html. Dell has done a better job than most vendors in Linux support, and Matt Domsch in particular is a blessing on the Linux community, but their repo collection ought to be called the "Dell Ducktape Repositories". Dependencies and obsolescences aren't dealt with consistently, presence of old repo files on a system can wreck the bus (and are not dealt with by later bootstraps), etc Maybe I can get some IP cameras installed in the data center so I can read the asset tags off the front of the systems. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:55:51AM -0400, J. Epperson scribbled in "Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install": > On Wed, March 17, 2010 23:06, Matt Domsch wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:07:49PM -0400, Roehrig, Jack (John) wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a utility that exists that will allow me to modify > >> the BIOS boot order for Dell servers (specifically Poweredge > >> [126][6789]50s and R[4567]10) from the Linux command line? I need a > >> tool that is very non-intrusive, minimal, script-friendly, and will > >> allow me to configure a machine to attempt a network boot before any > >> other devices. I cannot install a full copy of OpenManage on these > >> machines, but am not opposed to using a precompiled binary or making > >> the nvram device. The distributions vary, but all will have Linux > >> 2.[46] kernels. > > > > OK, so the syscfg program from dell-toolkit.rpm will allow setting the > BIOS boot order from the command line. But it will not set the BIOS > service tag, which is often the only way I can track down an error when > someone mungs the inventory (short of the long drive and intense physical > security to eyeball the physical asset tags). When Dell replaces a > motherboard, they do not set the service tag on the new board, so this is > an issue with a number of machines. > > Is there a way to set the BIOS service tag from a Linux command line? I > know about the asset.com "/s" switch, but booting each box into DOS is not > really a reasonable solution. Does your distro have the SMBios tools? I use Debian, and with the libsmbios-bin package I have a tool called `serviceTag` which spits out, and allows you to change, the Dell service tag for the box. The package also has many other useful tools in it, so it's worth installing. Cheers. Dameon. -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ooOoo <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< Dr. Dameon Wagner, Senior ICT Specialist, Depts. of Computer Science & Information Systems, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. :Beta tester for Pegasus & Mercury/32 (www.pmail.com): ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ooOoo <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
On Wed, March 17, 2010 23:06, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:07:49PM -0400, Roehrig, Jack (John) wrote: >> Does anyone know of a utility that exists that will allow me to modify >> the BIOS boot order for Dell servers (specifically Poweredge >> [126][6789]50s and R[4567]10) from the Linux command line? I need a >> tool that is very non-intrusive, minimal, script-friendly, and will >> allow me to configure a machine to attempt a network boot before any >> other devices. I cannot install a full copy of OpenManage on these >> machines, but am not opposed to using a precompiled binary or making >> the nvram device. The distributions vary, but all will have Linux >> 2.[46] kernels. > OK, so the syscfg program from dell-toolkit.rpm will allow setting the BIOS boot order from the command line. But it will not set the BIOS service tag, which is often the only way I can track down an error when someone mungs the inventory (short of the long drive and intense physical security to eyeball the physical asset tags). When Dell replaces a motherboard, they do not set the service tag on the new board, so this is an issue with a number of machines. Is there a way to set the BIOS service tag from a Linux command line? I know about the asset.com "/s" switch, but booting each box into DOS is not really a reasonable solution. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
I believe so. Check out raidcfg in the package. -- Jack -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Robin Bowes Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:15 AM To: linux-poweredge@dell.com Subject: Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install On 18/03/10 03:06, Matt Domsch wrote: > You want Deployment Toolkit (DTK). It's available on support.dell.com > and ftp.dell.com/sysman/. I have 42 R410 servers arriving imminently. They will have PERC 6/i controllers with 4 disks configured for RAID5 as, for some reason, Dell are no longer able to supply them with RAID10 (our last batch of 34 had exactly the same hardware config and came configured for RAID10). So, I have 42 servers to re-configure as RAID10 before I can provision them. Is DTK the right tool for this task? I don't fancy doing 42 servers by launching the java console from a web browser and doing it all manually through the PERC card bios set up tool! R. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
On 18/03/10 03:06, Matt Domsch wrote: > You want Deployment Toolkit (DTK). It's available on support.dell.com > and ftp.dell.com/sysman/. I have 42 R410 servers arriving imminently. They will have PERC 6/i controllers with 4 disks configured for RAID5 as, for some reason, Dell are no longer able to supply them with RAID10 (our last batch of 34 had exactly the same hardware config and came configured for RAID10). So, I have 42 servers to re-configure as RAID10 before I can provision them. Is DTK the right tool for this task? I don't fancy doing 42 servers by launching the java console from a web browser and doing it all manually through the PERC card bios set up tool! R. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Changing BIOS Boot Order from Linux Command Line w/out Complete OM Install
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:07:49PM -0400, Roehrig, Jack (John) wrote: >Does anyone know of a utility that exists that will allow me to modify the >BIOS boot order for Dell servers (specifically Poweredge [126][6789]50s >and R[4567]10) from the Linux command line? I need a tool that is very >non-intrusive, minimal, script-friendly, and will allow me to configure a >machine to attempt a network boot before any other devices. I cannot >install a full copy of OpenManage on these machines, but am not opposed to >using a precompiled binary or making the nvram device. The distributions >vary, but all will have Linux 2.[46] kernels. You want Deployment Toolkit (DTK). It's available on support.dell.com and ftp.dell.com/sysman/. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
