Sun Microsystems V490 Server User Manual


 
180 Sun Fire V490 Server Administration Guide August 2004
How to View and Set OpenBoot
Configuration Variables
Switches and diagnostic configuration variables stored by the system firmware
determine how and when power-on self-test (POST) diagnostics and OpenBoot
Diagnostics tests are performed. This section explains how to access and modify
OpenBoot configuration variables. For a list of important OpenBoot configuration
variables, see
TABLE 6-2.
Before You Begin
Halt the server to reach the ok prompt. See:
“About the ok Prompt” on page 49
What to Do
To display the current values of all OpenBoot configuration variables, use the
printenv command.
The following example shows a short excerpt of this command’s output.
To set or change the value of an OpenBoot configuration variable, use the setenv
command:
ok printenv
Variable Name Value Default Value
diag-level min max
diag-switch? false false
ok setenv diag-level max
diag-level = max