Server User Manual

144 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers, Server Management Guide • May, 2004
Platform Set OS State Subcommand
Description: Provides the ability to reboot the platform into the default OS, BIOS
setup or BIOS update, or to shut down the platform. Rebooting to BIOS setup allows
you to configure the BIOS parameters while BIOS update allows you to reflash the
BIOS image.
Format
Command format:
platform set os state reboot [{-W | --nowait}] [{-b | --bios}]
[{-f|--forced}] [-q | --quiet]
platform set os state reboot-to-diags [{-f |--forced}] [START | STOP]
platform set os state shutdown[{-W | --nowait}] [{-f |--forced}]
[-q | --quiet]
platform set os state update-bios [-q | --quiet]
[{-W | --nowait}] BIOS_IMAGE
TABLE F-14 lists the arguments for this subcommand.
The subcommand platform set os state waits for the platform to boot; the
subcommand platform set power state only waits for the power to come on.
The subcommand platform set os state reboot causes the platform to turn
on and boot the OS if the platform is off, but reboots the OS if the platform is on.
TABLE F-14 Arguments for Subcommand platform set os state
Arguments Description
[-W | --nowait] If specified, the subcommand returns immediately instead of waiting
for the operation to complete.
{-f | --forced} Results in a hard power off.
[-b | --bios] Only applicable to the subcommand
platform set os state reboot. Takes you to the BIOS Setup
utility.
[-q | --quiet] Suppresses interative warning messages. No error messages are
blocked.
update-bios Command option for flash updating the BIOS image.
BIOS_IMAGE Only applicable to the subcommand
set os state update-bios. Indicates the name of the file
containing the new BIOS image to use when updating the BIOS.